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HORNER'S SYNDROME

Dictionary entry overview: What does Horner's syndrome mean?

• HORNER'S SYNDROME (noun)
The noun HORNER'S SYNDROME has 1 sense:

1. 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)

Familiarity information: HORNER'S SYNDROME used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HORNER'S SYNDROME (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("Horner's syndrome" is a kind of...):

syndrome (a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease)

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