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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 lossplay

  Familiarity information: RAMSAY HUNT SYNDROME used as a noun is very rare.


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RAMSAY HUNT SYNDROME (noun)


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

Classified under:

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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