|pləmə(r)|vin(t)sən- noun
Usage: usually capitalized P&V
Etymology: after Henry S. Plummer died 1937 and Porter P. Vinson b 1890 American physicians
: a condition that is marked by difficulty in swallowing, atrophic changes in mouth, pharynx, and upper esophagus, and hypochromic anemia and is commonly considered to be due to a nutritional deficiency