Kussmaul

See also: Küssmaul and Kußmaul

English

Etymology

German Kussmaul or Kußmaul, from Czech Kosmály or Kosmál by means of folk etymology (as if a compound of Kuss (“kiss”) and Maul (“snout”)).[1]

Proper noun

Kussmaul

  1. A German surname.

Derived terms
  • Kussmaul breathing
  • Kussmaul disease
  • Kussmaul-Maier disease
  • Kussmaul's aphasia
  • Kussmaul's coma
  • Kussmaul's sign

References
  1. Hans Bahlow: Deutsches Namenlexikon, Gondrom Verlag, Bindlach, 1990, →ISBN
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