English Explanatory Dictionary

Ohtahara syndrome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A progressive condition with a combination of severe epilepsy and cerebral palsy. It is characterised by severe physical and mental retardation and partial seizures.

Word forms

Ohtahara syndrome Ohtahara syndromes

Etymology

Named for the Japanese neurologist Shunsuke Ohtahara (1930–2013), who identified it in 1976.

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