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RAMSAY HUNT SYNDROME
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Syndrome resulting from infection by the herpes varicella zoster virus; characterized by vertigo and pain in the ears and facial nerve paralysis and sometimes hearing loss
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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("Ramsay Hunt syndrome" is a kind of...):
syndrome (a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease)