bobble-head doll syndrome

noun

A rare neurological movement disorder, related to cystic lesions and swelling of the third ventricle in the brain, in which patients, usually children around age 3, begin to bob the head and shoulders involuntarily back and forth or from side to side.

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nounbobble-head doll syndrome (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineA rare neurological movement disorder, related to cystic lesions and swelling of the third ventricle in the brain, in which patients, usually children around age 3, begin to bob the head and shoulders involuntarily back and forth or from side to side.
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