n. A form of frontotemporal dementia characterized by the presence of Pick bodies in the nerve cells of the brain. [After Arnold Pick (1851-1924), Moravian-born Austrian psychiatrist and neurologist.] |
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n. Chronic constrictive pericarditis with ascites and enlargement of the liver. No longer in clinical use. [After Friedel Pick (1867-1926), Prague-born Austrian physician.] |
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