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Pick's disease

A Dictionary of Nursing | 2008 | 331 words | Copyright

Pick's disease (piks) n.
1. a cause of dementia. The damage is mainly in the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain. [ A. Pick (1851–1924), Czech psychiatrist]

2. a syndrome in constrictive pericarditis, in which there is hepatic enlargement, ascites, and pleural effusion. [ F. Pick (1867–1926), Czech physician]

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