Reye's syndrome
Reye's syndrome
Definition
Reye's syndrome (rīz)
noun
a rare, acute, often fatal disease, usually of children, characterized by neurological disorders, swelling of the brain, and enlargement of the liver: it is associated with the use of aspirin for certain viral illnesses
Etymology: after R. D. Reye, Austral pathologist who first described it (1963)
