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REYE'S SYNDROME
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Acquired encephalopathy following acute viral infections (especially influenza or chicken pox) in young children; characterized by fever, vomiting, disorientation, coma, and fatty infiltration of the liver
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("Reye's syndrome" is a kind of...):
brain disease; brain disorder; encephalopathy (any disorder or disease of the brain)
syndrome (a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease)
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