GULF WAR SYNDROME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gulf War syndrome mean? 

• GULF WAR SYNDROME (noun)
  The noun GULF WAR SYNDROME has 1 sense:

1. a medical condition of uncertain origin that affected many veterans of the 1991 Gulf War; characterized by fatigue and headache and dizziness and nausea and rashes and joint pain and respiratory disorders

  Familiarity information: GULF WAR SYNDROME used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GULF WAR SYNDROME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A medical condition of uncertain origin that affected many veterans of the 1991 Gulf War; characterized by fatigue and headache and dizziness and nausea and rashes and joint pain and respiratory disorders

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

Gulf War syndrome; Persian Gulf illness

Hypernyms ("Gulf War syndrome" is a kind of...):

syndrome (a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease)