RAMSAY HUNT SYNDROME

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Syndrome resulting from infection by the herpes varicella zoster virus; characterized by vertigo and pain in the ears and facial nerve paralysis and sometimes hearing loss

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("Ramsay Hunt syndrome" is a kind of...):

syndrome (a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease)

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