Meanings
nounCaldwell-Luc (uncountable)
- attributiveuncountablemedicinePertaining to the Caldwell-Luc surgery.
Because it is a chronic monolateral disease of the maxillary sinus, a surgical therapy using the Caldwell–Luc technique has been used in the past for the radical removal of the process.
2009, Michele Cassano, Antonio Pennella, Francesco Di Taranto, Paola Limosani, Matteo Simone, “Cholesterol granuloma of the maxillary sinus in a young patient with associated neurosurgical pathology”, in International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology Extra, volume 4, number 3, →DOI, page 130
Origin
From the surnames Caldwell and Luc. Named after George Caldwell and Henry Luc.
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Chicago
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