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REYE'S SYNDROME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Reye's syndrome mean? 

REYE'S SYNDROME (noun)
  The noun REYE'S SYNDROME has 1 sense:

1. 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 liverplay

  Familiarity information: REYE'S SYNDROME used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


REYE'S SYNDROME (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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