Cafe
Cafe au lait spot
Cafe au lait spot (pronounced: kah-FAY oh-LAY) is a flat, pigmented birthmark. The name cafe au lait is French for "coffee with milk" and refers to their light-brown color.
Etymology
The term "cafe au lait" is derived from the French language, which literally translates to "coffee with milk". This term is used to describe the color of the spots, which are often light brown, similar to the color of coffee with milk.
Related Terms
- Melanin: The pigment that gives human skin, hair, and eyes their color. Dark-skinned people have more melanin in their skin than light-skinned people have.
- Neurofibromatosis: A genetic disorder that causes tumors to form on nerve tissue. These tumors can develop anywhere in your nervous system, including your brain, spinal cord and nerves.
- Birthmark: A benign irregularity on the skin which is present at birth or appears shortly after birth.
Cafe Coronary
Cafe Coronary (pronounced: kah-FAY koh-ROH-nair-ee) is a sudden death caused by choking on food, often when alcohol has numbed the victim's throat.
Etymology
The term "cafe coronary" is derived from the fact that these incidents often occur in restaurants (cafes) and mimic the symptoms of a heart attack (coronary).
Related Terms
- Choking: The mechanical obstruction of the flow of air from the environment into the lungs.
- Heimlich maneuver: An emergency technique for preventing suffocation when a person's airway becomes blocked by a piece of food or other object.
- Coronary artery disease: The clogging of the vessels that nourish the heart muscle; the leading cause of death in many developed countries.
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Cafe
- Wikipedia's article - Cafe
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