Reye's syndrome

English

Alternative forms

• Reye syndrome

Etymology

Named after Dr R. Douglas Reye.

Noun

Reye's syndrome (uncountable)

1. (pathology) A potentially fatal disease that causes numerous detrimental effects to many organs, especially the brain and liver.
   • 1997, Norman Gitlin, The Liver and Systemic Disease, page 277:

     Reye's syndrome and Jamaican vomiting sickness are disorders of mitochondrial dysfunction, while MCAD is a defect in mitochondrial beta oxidation of fatty acids.

Translations

the disease

• Czech: Reyeův syndrom m
• Turkish: Reye sendromu