REYE'S SYNDROME


Meaning of REYE'S SYNDROME in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈrīz-, ˈrāz- ]

noun

Etymology: R.D.K. Reye died 1977 Australian pathologist

Date: 1965

: an often fatal encephalopathy especially of childhood characterized by fever, vomiting, fatty infiltration of the liver, and swelling of the kidneys and brain — called also Reye syndrome

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