Steele-Richardson-Olszewski syndromenoun [ U ]
uk/stiːlˌrɪtʃ.əd.sən.ɒlsˈzuː.ski ˌsɪn.drəʊm/us/stilˌrɪtʃ.ɚd.sən.ɑːlsˈzuː.ski ˌsɪn.droʊm/specializeda fairly rare condition in which an old person loses control over the muscles in their eyes, face, and neck. It eventually leads to dementia (= loss of mental ability).
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Disorders of muscles & the nervous system
- acoustic neuroma
- agnosia
- akinetic-rigid HD
- ALS
- Alzheimer's
- amyloid plaque
- atrophy
- catalepsy
- chronic fatigue syndrome
- Morton's metatarsalgia
- motor neuron disease
- Moyamoya disease
- multiple system atrophy
- muscular dystrophy
- myasthenia gravis
- persistent vegetative state
- rabid
- rabies
- vapour
- writer's cramp
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