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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Reye's′ syn′drome (rīz, rāz),USA pronunciation [Pathol.]- Pathologyan uncommon, severe disorder occurring primarily in children after a viral illness, as influenza or chickenpox, and associated with aspirin usage, involving swelling of the brain and liver and affecting other organs: symptoms include fever, projectile vomiting, confusion, and, sometimes, respiratory arrest.
- after Ralph Douglas Kenneth Reye (1912–78), Australian pediatrician, who co-wrote a description of the syndrome in 1963
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Reye's syndrome /raɪz; reɪz/ n - a rare metabolic disease in children that can be fatal, involving damage to the brain, liver, and kidneys
Etymology: 20th Century: named after R. D. K. Reye (1912–78) Australian paediatrician |