Sandifer syndrome

noun

A paediatric medical disorder characterised by gastrointestinal symptoms and associated neurological features.

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Meanings

nounSandifer syndrome (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA paediatric medical disorder characterised by gastrointestinal symptoms and associated neurological features.

Origin

First described in 1964 by Austrian neurologist Marcel Kinsbourne, who named the syndrome after his mentor, British neurologist Paul Sandifer, who had cared for the patients involved.

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Sandifer syndrome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sandifer%20syndrome

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“Sandifer syndrome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sandifer%20syndrome. Accessed November 5, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sandifer syndrome,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sandifer%20syndrome.

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