snowman sign

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English

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Etymology

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From the resemblance to a snowman with separate head and body portions.

Noun

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snowman sign (plural snowman signs)

  1. (medicine) A figure-of-eight appearance on a cardiac X-ray, sometimes indicative of supracardiac TAPVC.