Laennec, Rene T.H.
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Laënnec,
René T.H., French physician, 1781-1826. Laënnec catarrh - asthmatic bronchitis with pearllike expectoration.
Laënnec cirrhosis - cirrhosis in which normal liver lobules are replaced by small regeneration nodules.Synonym(s):
Laënnec disease;
portal cirrhosis Laënnec pearls - obsolete term for small, round, translucent, tenacious bodies in the sputum of some persons with asthma.
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