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Landau-Kleffner syndrome

Landau-Kleffner syndrome noun: a rare childhood neurological syndrome, characterized by the sudden or gradual development of aphasia and an abnormal electroencephalogram.

Noun

Landau-Kleffner syndrome (uncountable)

  1. A rare childhood neurological syndrome, characterized by the sudden or gradual development of aphasia and an abnormal electroencephalogram.

Origin of Landau-Kleffner syndrome

Named after William Landau and Frank Kleffner, who characterized it in 1957.

Questions about Landau-Kleffner syndrome

What does Landau-Kleffner syndrome mean?
Landau-Kleffner syndrome means a rare childhood neurological syndrome, characterized by the sudden or gradual development of aphasia and an abnormal electroencephalogram.
What part of speech is Landau-Kleffner syndrome?
Landau-Kleffner syndrome is a noun.

Words near Landau-Kleffner syndrome in the dictionary

  1. landau
  2. Landau diamagnetism
  3. Landau level
  4. Landau levels
  5. Landau's problems
  6. Landau-Kleffner syndrome
  7. Landau-Lifshitz pseudotensor
  8. Landau-Ramanujan constant
  9. Landau-Siegel zero
  10. Landau-Siegel zeros
  11. Landauer

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