TETRALOGY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tetralogy mean? 

• TETRALOGY (noun)
  The noun TETRALOGY has 1 sense:

1. a series of four related works (plays or operas or novels)

  Familiarity information: TETRALOGY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TETRALOGY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A series of four related works (plays or operas or novels)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("tetralogy" is a kind of...):

serial; series (a serialized set of programs)

 Context examples 

Mutation of the gene is associated with Alagille syndrome type 1 and tetralogy of Fallot.

(JAG1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutation of the gene is associated with atrial septal defect type 7, tetralogy of Fallot, and congenital hypothyroidism non-goitrous type 5.

(NKX2-5 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include atrial septal defect, ventricular septal defect, tetralogy of Fallot, and patent foramen ovale.

(Congenital Heart Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare congenital heart anomaly in which there is coexistence of tetralogy of Fallot and complete atrioventricular septal defect.

(Complete Atrioventricular Septal Defect with Tetralogy of Fallot, NCI Thesaurus)