PERSIAN GULF ILLNESS
Dictionary entry overview: What does Persian Gulf illness mean? • PERSIAN GULF ILLNESS (noun)
The noun PERSIAN GULF ILLNESS has 1 sense:
1. a medical condition of uncertain origin that affected many veterans of the 1991 Gulf War; characterized by fatigue and headache and dizziness and nausea and rashes and joint pain and respiratory disorders
Familiarity information: PERSIAN GULF ILLNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PERSIAN GULF ILLNESS (noun)
Meaning:
A medical condition of uncertain origin that affected many veterans of the 1991 Gulf War; characterized by fatigue and headache and dizziness and nausea and rashes and joint pain and respiratory disorders
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
Gulf War syndrome; Persian Gulf illness
Hypernyms ("Persian Gulf illness" is a kind of...):
syndrome (a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease)
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