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1. (n.) Reye's syndrome
a rare disorder occurring primarily in children after a viral illness and associated with aspirin usage, characterized by vomiting, swelling of the brain, and liver dysfunction.
Etymology: (after Ralph Douglas Kenneth Reye (1912–78), Australian pediatrician, who cowrote a description of the syndrome in 1963)
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1. (noun) Reye's syndrome
acquired encephalopathy following acute viral infections (especially influenza or chicken pox) in young children; characterized by fever, vomiting, disorientation, coma, and fatty infiltration of the liver
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