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Pyrrhic (iou) and twiddler's syndrome (medicine)


Pyrrhic (iou)



Pyrrhic adjective3. L19.
[Greek purrhikos, from Purrhos, Latin Pyrrhus, king of Epirus: see -IC.]
Of a victory: gained at too great a cost, like that of Pyrrhus over the Romans at Asculum in 279 BC.

twiddler's syndrome (medicine)


twiddler's syndrome
<syndrome> Condition in which a cardiac pacemaker wire is pulled out of position in the heart with rotation of the subcutaneous pacemaker by the patient's "twiddling."