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HORNER'S SYNDROME
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A pattern of symptoms occurring as a result of damage to nerves in the cervical region of the spine (drooping eyelids and constricted pupils and absence of facial sweating)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("Horner's syndrome" is a kind of...):
syndrome (a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease)