ZOLLINGER-ELLISON SYNDROME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Zollinger-Ellison syndrome mean? 

• ZOLLINGER-ELLISON SYNDROME (noun)
  The noun ZOLLINGER-ELLISON SYNDROME has 1 sense:

1. syndrome consisting of intractable peptic ulceration with gastric hypersecretion and hyperacidity

  Familiarity information: ZOLLINGER-ELLISON SYNDROME used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ZOLLINGER-ELLISON SYNDROME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Syndrome consisting of intractable peptic ulceration with gastric hypersecretion and hyperacidity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("Zollinger-Ellison syndrome" is a kind of...):

syndrome (a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease)

 Context examples 

It produces gastrin and it may be associated with Zollinger-Ellison syndrome.

(Gastric Gastrin-Producing Neuroendocrine Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)