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Morvan's syndrome

Morvan's syndrome noun: a rare, life-threatening autoimmune disease with multiple irregular contractions of the long muscles, cramping, weakness, pruritus, hyperhidrosis, insomnia, and delirium.

Noun

Morvan's syndrome (uncountable)

  1. A rare, life-threatening autoimmune disease with multiple irregular contractions of the long muscles, cramping, weakness, pruritus, hyperhidrosis, insomnia, and delirium.

Origin of Morvan's syndrome

Named after the 19th-century French physician Augustin Marie Morvan.

Questions about Morvan's syndrome

What does Morvan's syndrome mean?
Morvan's syndrome means a rare, life-threatening autoimmune disease with multiple irregular contractions of the long muscles, cramping, weakness, pruritus, hyperhidrosis, insomnia, and delirium.
What part of speech is Morvan's syndrome?
Morvan's syndrome is a noun.

Words near Morvan's syndrome in the dictionary

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  2. morutis
  3. Moruya
  4. Moruya Heads
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  8. Morvants
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  10. morvenite
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