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Sturge-Weber syndrome

Sturge-Weber syndrome noun: a rare type of angiophakomatosis characterized by abnormal blood vessels on the surface of the brain, and often associated with port-wine stains of the face, glaucoma, seizures, mental retardation, and ipsilateral leptomeningeal angioma.

Noun

Sturge-Weber syndrome (uncountable)

  1. A rare type of angiophakomatosis characterized by abnormal blood vessels on the surface of the brain, and often associated with port-wine stains of the face, glaucoma, seizures, mental retardation, and ipsilateral leptomeningeal angioma.

Synonyms of Sturge-Weber syndrome

Origin of Sturge-Weber syndrome

Named after William Allen Sturge and Frederick Parkes Weber.

Questions about Sturge-Weber syndrome

What does Sturge-Weber syndrome mean?
Sturge-Weber syndrome means a rare type of angiophakomatosis characterized by abnormal blood vessels on the surface of the brain, and often associated with port-wine stains of the face, glaucoma, seizures, mental retardation, and ipsilateral leptomeningeal angioma.
What part of speech is Sturge-Weber syndrome?
Sturge-Weber syndrome is a noun.

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