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RAMSAY HUNT SYNDROME
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Ramsay Hunt syndrome mean?
• RAMSAY HUNT SYNDROME (noun)
The noun RAMSAY HUNT SYNDROME has 1 sense:
1. syndrome resulting from infection by the herpes varicella zoster virus; characterized by vertigo and pain in the ears and facial nerve paralysis and sometimes hearing loss
Familiarity information: RAMSAY HUNT SYNDROME used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Syndrome resulting from infection by the herpes varicella zoster virus; characterized by vertigo and pain in the ears and facial nerve paralysis and sometimes hearing loss
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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("Ramsay Hunt syndrome" is a kind of...):
syndrome (a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease)
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