Buerger's disease
[ bur-gerz ]
/ ˈbɜr gərz /
noun Pathology.
an inflammatory and obliterative disease of the blood vessels of the legs and feet causing numbness and tingling, often leading to phlebitis and gangrene: most common in cigarette smokers.
Origin of Buerger's disease
named after Leo
Buerger (1879–1943), U.S. physician, who described it in 1908
Medical definitions for buerger's disease
Buerger's disease
[ bûr′gərz, bur′- ]
n.
thromboangiitis obliterans