triad /tri·ad/ (tri´ad)
Saint's triad
1. any trivalent element.
2. a group of three associated entities or objects.
Beck's triad rising venous pressure, falling arterial pressure, and small quiet heart; characteristic of cardiac compression.
Currarino's triad a complex of congenital anomalies in the anococcygeal region, in varying combinations and degrees, with scimitar sacrum; presacral anterior meningocele, teratoma or cyst; and rectal malformations.
Hutchinson's triad diffuse interstitial keratitis, labyrinthine disease, and Hutchinson's teeth, seen in congenital syphilis.
Saint's triad hiatus hernia, colonic diverticula, and cholelithiasis.
Saint's triad (s nts)n. The concurrence of hiatal hernia, diverticulosis, and cholelithiasis. |
Saint's triad
Etymology: Charles F.M. Saint, twentieth-century South African radiologist
a group of three related conditions-cholelithiasis, diverticulosis, and hiatal hernia-occurring together.
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