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perisylvian syndrome

perisylvian syndrome noun: a rare neurological disease characterized by damage to the sylvian fissure, leading to difficulty chewing and swallowing, low muscle tone in the face and tongue, speech and language development disorders, and epilepsy.

Noun

perisylvian syndrome (uncountable)

  1. A rare neurological disease characterized by damage to the sylvian fissure, leading to difficulty chewing and swallowing, low muscle tone in the face and tongue, speech and language development disorders, and epilepsy.

Questions about perisylvian syndrome

What does perisylvian syndrome mean?
Perisylvian syndrome means a rare neurological disease characterized by damage to the sylvian fissure, leading to difficulty chewing and swallowing, low muscle tone in the face and tongue, speech and language development disorders, and epilepsy.
What part of speech is perisylvian syndrome?
Perisylvian syndrome is a noun.

Words near perisylvian syndrome in the dictionary

  1. Peristérion
  2. perisulcal
  3. perisurgical
  4. perisutural
  5. perisylvian
  6. perisylvian syndrome
  7. perisylvic
  8. perisymbiotic
  9. perisympathetic
  10. perisynaptic
  11. perisynaptically

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