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Bywaters' syndrome

Bywaters' syndrome noun: crush syndrome.

Noun

Bywaters' syndrome (uncountable)

  1. crush syndrome

Origin of Bywaters' syndrome

It was described by British physician Eric Bywaters in patients during the 1941 London Blitz.

Questions about Bywaters' syndrome

What does Bywaters' syndrome mean?
Bywaters' syndrome means crush syndrome.
What part of speech is Bywaters' syndrome?
Bywaters' syndrome is a noun.

Words near Bywaters' syndrome in the dictionary

  1. bywalk
  2. bywalks
  3. bywash
  4. Bywater
  5. Bywaters
  6. Bywaters' syndrome
  7. byway
  8. byway open to all traffic
  9. byways
  10. byways open to all traffic
  11. Bywell

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