Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
/ˌzɒlɪndʒərˈelɪsən/noun
mass noun
- Medicine a condition in which a gastrin-secreting tumour or hyperplasia of the islet cells in the pancreas causes overproduction of gastric acid, resulting in recurrent peptic ulcers【医】佐林格-埃利森综合征(指因促胃液素分泌瘤或胰腺内胰岛细胞增生造成的胃酸过多所引起的多发性消化性溃疡)。
词源
1950s: named after Robert M. Zollinger (1903-92) and Edwin H. Ellison (1918-70), American physicians.