Tietze's syndrome
- noun
- /ˈtiːtsəz ˈsɪndroʊm/
- Specialized
- The patient was diagnosed with Tietze's syndrome after experiencing swelling and pain in the upper ribs.
Examples
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The patient was diagnosed with Tietze's syndrome after complaining of persistent chest pain.
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Symptoms of Tietze's syndrome can be alarming but are usually benign.
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Doctors often distinguish Tietze's syndrome from other causes of chest pain through physical examination.
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She was diagnosed with Tietze's syndrome last year.
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Does Tietze's syndrome cause severe chest pain?
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Symptoms of Tietze's syndrome often include tenderness and discomfort in the chest area.
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Doctors perform tests to rule out Tietze's syndrome when a patient presents with unexplained chest pain.
Synonyms
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Swelling and pain in the soft tissue where a rib joins the breastbone that is tender when touched
Surface Forms
Morphology
Tietze's + syndrome
This is an eponymous medical label: 'Tietze's' is a proper name with no descriptive meaning, while 'syndrome' clearly signals a set of symptoms/medical condition. A B1 learner who knows 'syndrome' will therefore infer it is a medical condition but cannot derive the specific features (rib cartilage swelling and chest pain) from the constituent words, so the meaning is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Tietze's syndrome is named after the German doctor Alexander Tietze, who first described a painful swelling of the cartilage where the ribs meet the breastbone. So the name refers to this 'chest pain' caused by swollen cartilage today.