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PLUMMER-VINSON-SYNDROME


originator: Clara
origination date: 09/05/2002
subject field: medicine: disease
check date: 03/06/2002
checker: Pamela

Conceptual Structures
ISARESPIRATORY-SYSTEM-DISEASE
ANCESTORSALL
CHANGE-STATE
CHANGE-STATE-ANIMAL
DISEASE-EVENT
EVENT
LIVING-EVENT
PHYSICAL-EVENT
RESPIRATORY-SYSTEM-DISEASE


English
Plummer-Vinson syndromedefinition: wasting away of the mucous membranes of the mouth, pharynx, and esophagus caused by dietary deficiencies of vitamins and iron. Plummer-Vinson syndrome is not a cancerous condition but may precede mouth cancer. (en)
number: singular
part of speech: noun
reliability code: 10
term type: main entry term

Spanish
síndrome de Plummer - Vinsonterm type: main entry term
reliability code: 10
part of speech: noun
number: singular
gender: masculine
definition: desgaste de la membrana mucoso de la boca, la faringe y el esófago derivado de deficiencias dietéticas de vitaminas e hierro. El síndrome de Plummer - Vinson no representa una enfermedad cancerosa, pero puede conllevar cáncer de boca. (es)