hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia

noun

Medical Definition of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia

: a hereditary abnormality that is characterized by multiple telangiectasias and by bleeding into the tissues and mucous membranes because of abnormal fragility of the capillaries

— called also Rendu-Osler-Weber disease

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