English Explanatory Dictionary

Foix-Chavany-Marie syndrome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A partial paralysis of the face, pharynx and jaw caused by bilateral damage to the operculum.

Word forms

Foix-Chavany-Marie syndrome

Etymology

It was described in 1926 by Charles Foix, Jean Alfred Émile Chavany and Julien Marie.

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