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Riley-Day syndrome

Riley-Day syndrome noun: a rare genetic disorder of the autonomic nervous system.

Noun

Riley-Day syndrome (uncountable)

  1. A rare genetic disorder of the autonomic nervous system.

Origin of Riley-Day syndrome

Originally reported by Drs. Conrad Milton Riley and Richard Lawrence Day in 1949.

Questions about Riley-Day syndrome

What does Riley-Day syndrome mean?
Riley-Day syndrome means a rare genetic disorder of the autonomic nervous system.
What part of speech is Riley-Day syndrome?
Riley-Day syndrome is a noun.

Words near Riley-Day syndrome in the dictionary

  1. riles
  2. riles up
  3. rilesome
  4. Riley
  5. Riley County
  6. Riley-Day syndrome
  7. Riley-Smith syndrome
  8. Rileys
  9. Rileys Hill
  10. Rilie
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