medical Definition of maladie de Roger
:a small usually asymptomatic defect in the septum between the ventricles
What's Trending Now
More Trending Words
Medical Dictionary
Read the Latest from M-W
Biographical Note for maladie de roger
Roger
\rȯ-zhā\, Henri–Louis (1809–1891),
French physician. Roger made his principal contribution in pediatrics and was the first to give systematic clinical instruction in this field. His early research centered on auscultation, a subject on which he wrote a monograph. In 1879 he described an abnormal congenital opening between the ventricles of the heart; this congenital defect is now known as the maladie de Roger. He was not the first to describe this defect, but he was the first to make clinicopathologic observations based on a number of cases.
Seen and Heard
What made you want to look up maladie de Roger? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).
Writing? Check your grammar now!