REYE'S SYNDROME

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

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

1. acquired encephalopathy following acute viral infections (especially influenza or chicken pox) in young children; characterized by fever, vomiting, disorientation, coma, and fatty infiltration of the liver

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• REYE'S SYNDROME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Acquired encephalopathy following acute viral infections (especially influenza or chicken pox) in young children; characterized by fever, vomiting, disorientation, coma, and fatty infiltration of the liver

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

brain disease; brain disorder; encephalopathy (any disorder or disease of the brain)

syndrome (a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease)