Meaning & use
Buerger disease
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Meaning
noununcountablemedical
A disease in which blood vessels in the hands and feet become inflamed and blocked, often in smokers.
Grammar: Used as a mass noun and usually written with a capital B because it comes from a doctor's name; it takes no plural.
Patterns
- have Buerger disease
- develop Buerger disease
- be diagnosed with Buerger disease
Buerger disease is strongly linked to smoking and often affects young men.
Doctors suspected Buerger disease after the patient's fingers turned pale and painful.
The main treatment for Buerger disease is to stop smoking completely.
Common combinations
- Buerger disease is associated with
- Buerger disease is associated with heavy tobacco use.
- suffer from Buerger disease
- He suffers from Buerger disease and has been told to quit smoking.
- a diagnosis of Buerger disease
- A diagnosis of Buerger disease usually follows imaging of the blood vessels.
- treat Buerger disease
- Doctors treat Buerger disease mainly by removing the trigger, tobacco.
Synonyms and how they differ
- thromboangiitis obliterans
- The full medical name for the same condition, preferred in formal clinical writing.
Commonly confused: Buerger disease or Burger disease?
Buerger disease vs Burger disease
'Burger' is a food word, not part of this medical name; the correct spelling is 'Buerger'.
Practice
Which statement about Buerger disease is correct?
Choose one answer.
Buerger disease involves inflamed and blocked blood vessels, especially in the hands and feet, and is closely tied to smoking. The other options describe unrelated conditions or false causes.
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