HORNER'S SYNDROME

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

• HORNER'S SYNDROME (noun)
  The noun HORNER'S SYNDROME has 1 sense:

1. a pattern of symptoms occurring as a result of damage to nerves in the cervical region of the spine (drooping eyelids and constricted pupils and absence of facial sweating)

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HORNER'S SYNDROME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A pattern of symptoms occurring as a result of damage to nerves in the cervical region of the spine (drooping eyelids and constricted pupils and absence of facial sweating)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("Horner's syndrome" is a kind of...):

syndrome (a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease)

 Context examples 

Clinical signs include Horner's syndrome, shoulder pain radiating down the arm in the ulnar distribution followed by edema and atrophy of the affected extremity.

(Pancoast Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)