Buerger's disease
/ˈbɜːgə(r)/noun
mass noun
- inflammation and thrombosis in small and medium-sized blood vessels, typically in the legs and leading to gangrene. It has been associated with smoking.伯格氏病, 闭塞性血栓脉管炎。
词源
early 20th cent.: named after Leo Buerger （1879-1943）， American surgeon.