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Alvarez' syndrome

Alvarez' syndrome noun: a disorder involving hysterical or neurotic abdominal bloating without any excess of gas in the digestive tract.

Noun

Alvarez' syndrome (uncountable)

  1. A disorder involving hysterical or neurotic abdominal bloating without any excess of gas in the digestive tract.

Origin of Alvarez' syndrome

Named after Walter C. Alvarez.

Questions about Alvarez' syndrome

What does Alvarez' syndrome mean?
Alvarez' syndrome means a disorder involving hysterical or neurotic abdominal bloating without any excess of gas in the digestive tract.
What part of speech is Alvarez' syndrome?
Alvarez' syndrome is a noun.

Words near Alvarez' syndrome in the dictionary

  1. Alvardos
  2. alvaresaurid
  3. Alvarez
  4. Alvarez theory
  5. Alvarez waves
  6. Alvarez' syndrome
  7. Alvarezes
  8. alvarezsaur
  9. alvarezsaurian
  10. alvarezsaurians
  11. alvarezsaurid

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