medical Definition of Mönckeberg's sclerosis
:arteriosclerosis characterized by the formation of calcium deposits in the mediae of especially the peripheral arteries
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Mönckeberg's sclerosis
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Möncke·berg's sclerosis
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ˈmu̇ŋk-ə-ˌbərgz-, ˈmeŋk-
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Biographical Note for mönckeberg's sclerosis
Mönckeberg
\ˈmœŋk-ə-ˌberk\, Johann Georg (1877–1925),
German pathologist. Mönckeberg in 1903 described for the first time a form of sclerosis affecting the middle coat of the arterial walls especially of the extremities. In 1924 he published a follow-up report.
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