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Fowler's syndrome

Fowler's syndrome proper noun: a rare disorder in young women, in which the urethral sphincter fails to relax to allow urine to be passed normally.

Proper noun

Fowler's syndrome

  1. A rare disorder in young women, in which the urethral sphincter fails to relax to allow urine to be passed normally.

Origin of Fowler's syndrome

First described by Clare Fowler et al. in 1985.

Questions about Fowler's syndrome

What does Fowler's syndrome mean?
Fowler's syndrome means a rare disorder in young women, in which the urethral sphincter fails to relax to allow urine to be passed normally.
What part of speech is Fowler's syndrome?
Fowler's syndrome is a proper noun.

Words near Fowler's syndrome in the dictionary

  1. Fowler process
  2. Fowler's
  3. Fowler's method
  4. Fowler's position
  5. Fowler's solution
  6. Fowler's syndrome
  7. Fowler's technique
  8. Fowler's toad
  9. Fowler's toads
  10. Fowlerian
  11. fowleries

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