Meanings
- uncountableA rare type of angiophakomatosis characterized by abnormal blood vessels on the surface of the brain, and often associated with port-wine stains of the face, glaucoma, seizures, mental retardation, and ipsilateral leptomeningeal angioma.
Synonyms: encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA rare type of angiophakomatosis characterized by abnormal blood vessels on the surface of the brain, and often associated with port-wine stains of the face, glaucoma, seizures, mental retardation, and ipsilateral leptomeningeal angioma.
Origin
Named after William Allen Sturge and Frederick Parkes Weber.
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Sturge-Weber syndrome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sturge-Weber%20syndrome
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