ZOLLINGER-ELLISON SYNDROME


Meaning of ZOLLINGER-ELLISON SYNDROME in English

¦zäliŋər¦elə̇sən- noun

Usage: usually capitalized Z&E

Etymology: after Robert M. Zollinger died 1992 and Edwin H. Ellison died 1970 American surgeons

: a syndrome consisting of fulminating intractable peptic ulcers, gastric hypersecretion and hyperacidity, and hyperplasia of the pancreatic islet cells

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