Klüver-Bucy syndrome

noun

A syndrome caused by bilateral lesions of the medial temporal lobe, characterized by hypersexuality, hyperorality, dietary changes, docility, and visual agnosia.

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Meanings

nounKlüver-Bucy syndrome (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA syndrome caused by bilateral lesions of the medial temporal lobe, characterized by hypersexuality, hyperorality, dietary changes, docility, and visual agnosia.

    In Klüver-Bucy syndrome the victim develops urges to eat and fornicate indiscriminately.

    2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 81

Origin

Named after Heinrich Klüver and Paul Bucy.

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