English Explanatory Dictionary

Shapiro syndrome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A very rare disorder consisting of paroxysmal hypothermia (due to hypothalamic dysfunction of thermoregulation), hyperhydrosis, and agenesis of the corpus callosum.

Word forms

Shapiro syndrome

Etymology

First described in 1969 by Dr. William Shapiro and colleagues.

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