WATERHOUSE-FRIDERICHSEN SYNDROME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome mean? 

• WATERHOUSE-FRIDERICHSEN SYNDROME (noun)
  The noun WATERHOUSE-FRIDERICHSEN SYNDROME has 1 sense:

1. syndrome associated with bacterial meningitis; marked by sudden high fever and skin discoloration and petechiae with hemorrhage into the adrenal glands and cardiovascular collapse

  Familiarity information: WATERHOUSE-FRIDERICHSEN SYNDROME used as a noun is very rare.

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• WATERHOUSE-FRIDERICHSEN SYNDROME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Syndrome associated with bacterial meningitis; marked by sudden high fever and skin discoloration and petechiae with hemorrhage into the adrenal glands and cardiovascular collapse

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome" is a kind of...):

syndrome (a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease)