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• autism go
  (psychiatry) an abnormal absorption with the self
  
• attention deficit disorder, ADD, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, ADHD, hyperkinetic syndrome, minimal brain dysfunction, minimal brain damage, MBD go
  a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
  
• Horner's syndrome go
  a pattern of symptoms occurring as a result of damage to nerves in the cervical region of the spine (drooping eyelids and constricted pupils and absence of facial sweating)
  
• cervical disc syndrome, cervical root syndrome go
  an abnormal condition resulting from compression of spinal nerve roots in the neck region
  
• Chinese restaurant syndrome go
  headache and tingling or burning feelings and sweating caused by eating food that contains monosodium glutamate
  
• Conn's syndrome go
  disturbances in saltwater balance and symptoms of weakness and muscular cramps and twitching and convulsions and sometimes paralysis
  
• fetal alcohol syndrome, FAS go
  a congenital medical condition in which body deformation occurs or facial development or mental ability is impaired because the mother drinks alcohol during pregnancy
  
• Gulf War syndrome, Persian Gulf illness go
  a medical condition of uncertain origin that affected many veterans of the 1991 Gulf War
  
• Klinefelter's syndrome, Klinefelter syndrome, XXY-syndrome go
  syndrome in males that is characterized by small testes and long legs and enlarged breasts and reduced sperm production and mental retardation
  
• malabsorption syndrome go
  a pattern of symptoms including loss of appetite and bloating and weight loss and muscle pain and steatorrhea
  
• Munchausen's syndrome, Munchausen syndrome go
  syndrome consisting of feigning acute and dramatic illness for which no clinical evidence is ever found
  
• nephrosis, nephrotic syndrome go
  a syndrome characterized by edema and large amounts of protein in the urine and usually increased blood cholesterol
  
• Noonan's syndrome go
  syndrome seen only in males
  
• phantom limb syndrome go
  syndrome consisting of discomfort or pain in a limb that has been amputated
  
• premenstrual syndrome, PMS go
  a syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruation
  
• radiation, radiation sickness, radiation syndrome go
  syndrome resulting from exposure to ionizing radiation (e.g., exposure to radioactive chemicals or to nuclear explosions)
  
• Ramsay Hunt syndrome go
  syndrome resulting from infection by the herpes varicella zoster virus
  
• Reiter's syndrome, Reiter's disease go
  an inflammatory syndrome (etiology unknown) predominantly in males
  
• restless legs syndrome, restless legs, Ekbom syndrome go
  feeling of uneasiness and restlessness in the legs after going to bed (sometimes causing insomnia)
  
• Reye's syndrome go
  acquired encephalopathy following acute viral infections (especially influenza or chicken pox) in young children
  
• scalenus syndrome go
  discomfort and vascular symptoms and loss of sensation in a shoulder and arm
  
• tetany, tetanilla, intermittent tetanus, intermittent cramp, apyretic tetanus go
  clinical neurological syndrome characterized by muscular twitching and cramps and (when severe) seizures
  
• thoracic outlet syndrome go
  tingling sensations in the fingers
  
• Tietze's syndrome go
  syndrome characterized by swelling of rib cartilage (causing pain)
  
• Tourette's syndrome, Gilles de la Tourette syndrome go
  neurological disorder characterized by facial grimaces and tics and movements of the upper body and grunts and shouts and coprolalia
  
• tetralogy of Fallot, Fallot's tetralogy, Fallot's syndrome go
  a congenital heart defect producing cyanosis
  
• toxic shock, toxic shock syndrome, TSS go
  syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus
  
• Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome go
  syndrome associated with bacterial meningitis
  
• Williams syndrome go
  a rare congenital disorder associated with deletion of genetic material in chromosome 7
  
• Zollinger-Ellison syndrome go
  syndrome consisting of intractable peptic ulceration with gastric hypersecretion and hyperacidity