An autosomal-dominant genetic disorder that causes a catastrophic form of epilepsy, usually beginning in infancy, with prolonged seizures that are often triggered by high temperatures or fever.

Synonym of Heyde's syndrome

Synonym of green monkey disease

(pathology) A rare syndrome of which symptoms include facial dysmorphism, short stature, motor control and learning difficulties, ataxia, microcephaly, conjunctival telangiectasia, recurring sinus infections, late onset of pulmonary fibrosis, increased alphafetoproteins, and increased radiosensitivity.

(medicine) An epileptic syndrome characterized by eyelid myoclonia, eye-closure-induced seizures or electroencephalography paroxysms (or both), and photosensitivity.

(medicine) A type of localized severe allergic reaction to mosquito bites, caused by allergenic polypeptides in mosquito saliva, consisting of inflammation, peeling skin, hives, ulceration, and sometimes fever.

(pathology) A functional disorder causing the nerves and muscles of the large intestine to be oversensitive, leading to symptoms such as cramp, bloating, flatulence, diarrhoea and constipation.

(medicine, slang) Deep vein thrombosis.

(pseudoscience) A condition in which a person's identity and relationships are affected by memories which are factually incorrect but strongly believed.

Alternative spelling of false memory syndrome