See Also: glossocele(medicine)
Reye's syndrome(medicine)
Reye syndrome(medicine)
syndrome, reye's(medicine)
Reye's syndrome(dictionary)
Reye syndrome(encyclopedia)
Reye, Ralph Douglas Kenneth(medicine)

Reye's syndrome (iou) and glossocele (medicine)


Reye's syndrome (iou)



Reye's syndrome noun phr. M20.
[R. D. K. Reye (1912-78), Austral. paediatrician.]
Medicine. A frequently fatal metabolic disorder in young children, of uncertain cause but sometimes precipitated by aspirin and involving encephalitis and degeneration of the liver.

glossocele (medicine)


glossocele
Protrusion of the tongue from the mouth, owing to its excessive size.

See: macroglossia.

Origin: Glosso-+ G. Kele, tumour, hernia