Medical Dictionary

Macleod's syndrome

noun Mac·leod's syndrome \mə-ˈkladz-\

Medical Definition of MACLEOD'S SYNDROME

:  abnormally increased translucence of one lung usually accompanied by reduction in ventilation and in perfusion with blood

Biographical Note for MACLEOD'S SYNDROME

Macleod, William Mathieson (1911–1977), British physician. Macleod was a specialist in pulmonology and thoracic medicine. He described the condition now known as Macleod's syndrome in an article published in 1954.

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