Mallory-Weiss syndrome

noun

Gastoesophageal laceration, with bleeding from tears in the mucosa at the junction of the stomach and esophagus, sometimes caused by severe alcoholism.

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Meanings

nounMallory-Weiss syndrome (uncountable)
  1. uncountablegastroenterologyGastoesophageal laceration, with bleeding from tears in the mucosa at the junction of the stomach and esophagus, sometimes caused by severe alcoholism.

Origin

The condition was first described in 1929 by G. Kenneth Mallory and Soma Weiss.

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Mallory-Weiss syndrome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mallory-Weiss%20syndrome

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“Mallory-Weiss syndrome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mallory-Weiss%20syndrome. Accessed November 5, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Mallory-Weiss syndrome,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mallory-Weiss%20syndrome.

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