Riley-Day syndrome

noun

A rare genetic disorder of the autonomic nervous system.

Meanings

nounRiley-Day syndrome (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA rare genetic disorder of the autonomic nervous system.

Origin

Originally reported by Drs. Conrad Milton Riley and Richard Lawrence Day in 1949.

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