Etymology

Dunbar syndrome

Today it means: A rare condition characterized by abdominal pain attributed to compression of the celiac artery and the celiac ganglia by the median arcuate ligament. Full definition →

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The story

Named after J. David Dunbar, one of the researchers who described it in the 1960s.

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