Letter D

Disease, Heberden

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>Angina pectoris, chest pain that is often severe and crushing, due to an inadequate supply of oxygen to the heart muscle.

>Osteoarthritis of the small joints with nodules (Heberden nodes) in and about the last joint of the finger.

</LI></OL> Both diseases were described by the respected English physician William Heberden (1710-1801).

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