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GORGON [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

Dilated cutaneous veins around the umbilicus, seen mainly in the newborn and in patients suffering with cirrhosis of the liver; so called because the veins resemble the head of the snake-haired Gorgon, Medusa.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Dilatation des veines sous-cutanées péri-ombilicales rappelant la tête de Méduse : personnage mythologique dont la tête était entourée de serpents.

CONT

Les vaisseaux collatéraux de la paroi abdominale rayonnent vers l'extérieur à partir de l'ombilic; lorsqu'ils sont très saillants, il est facile de voir pourquoi cet état est appelé «tête de méduse», d'après la terrible créature à la chevelure de serpent de la mythologie grecque.

Spanish

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