online medical dictionary | definition of Leri

<person>

A French orthopaedic surgeon, 1875-1930.

See: Leri's pleonosteosis, Leri's sign, Leri-Weill disease, Leri-Weill syndrome.

(05 Mar 2000)

<person>

A French surgeon, 1879-1955.

See: Leriche's operation, Leriche's syndrome.

(05 Mar 2000)

Preferred term: periarterial sympathectomy

<syndrome>

A syndrome caused by obstruction of the terminal aorta. It usually occurs in males and is characterised by fatigue in the hips, thighs, or calves on exercising, absence of pulsation in the femoral arteries, impotence, and often pallor and coldness of the lower limbs.

(12 Dec 1998)

Preferred term: dyschondrosteosis

<clinical sign>

<clinical examination> Voluntary flexion of the elbow is impossible in a case of hemiplegia when the wrist on that side is passively flexed.

(05 Mar 2000)

Preferred term: dyschondrosteosis

<syndrome>

Preferred term: dyschondrosteosis