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familial dysautonomia

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Familial Dysautonomia
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Main Entry: familial dysautonomia
Function: noun
: a disorder of the autonomic nervous system that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait, typically affectsindividuals of eastern European Jewish ancestry, and is characterized especially by multiple sensory deficits (as of taste and pain), excessive sweating and salivation, lack of tears, difficulty inswallowing, corneal ulceration, dysarthria, orthostatic hypotension, episodic vomiting, and emotional instability
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Familial Dysautonomia
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familial dysautonomia n.
A congenital disorder involving the nervous system, especially the functioning of the autonomic nervous system, and including such symptoms as indifference to pain, diminished secretion of tears, poor vasomotor control, motor incoordination, difficulty in swallowing and emotional instability. Also called Riley-Day syndrome.

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