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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An acute encephalopathy characterized by fever, vomiting, fatty infiltration of the liver, disorientation, and coma, occurring mainly in children and usually following a viral infection, such as chicken pox or influenza.
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- noun pathology A potentially fatal disease that causes numerous detrimental effects to many organs, especially the brain and liver.
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- noun 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
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Ralph Douglas Kenneth Reye, (1912–1978), Australian pediatrician.]
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Named after Dr R. Douglas Reye.
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