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bobble-head doll syndrome

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.62 in modern English

Syllables
bob-ble--head- -dol-l syn-drome
IPA
39
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
8
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A rare neurological movement disorder, related to cystic lesions and swelling of the third ventricle in the brain, in which patients, usually children around age 3, begin to bob the head and shoulders involuntarily back and forth or from side to side.

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What does bobble-head doll syndrome mean?
A rare neurological movement disorder, related to cystic lesions and swelling of the third ventricle in the brain, in which patients, usually children around age 3, begin to bob the head and shoulders involuntarily back and forth or from side to side.

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