PERSIAN GULF ILLNESS

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Meaning:

A medical condition of uncertain origin that affected many veterans of the 1991 Gulf War; characterized by fatigue and headache and dizziness and nausea and rashes and joint pain and respiratory disorders

Synonyms:

Gulf War syndrome; Persian Gulf illness

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("Persian Gulf illness" is a kind of...):

syndrome (a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease)

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