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ohtahara syndrome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ohta-hara syn-drome
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A progressive condition with a combination of severe epilepsy and cerebral palsy. It is characterised by severe physical and mental retardation and partial seizures.

Uncountable

Etymology

Named for the Japanese neurologist Shunsuke Ohtahara (1930–2013), who identified it in 1976.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Ohtahara syndromes (plural)

Questions

What does ohtahara syndrome mean?
A progressive condition with a combination of severe epilepsy and cerebral palsy. It is characterised by severe physical and mental retardation and partial seizures.
Where does ohtahara syndrome come from?
Named for the Japanese neurologist Shunsuke Ohtahara (1930–2013), who identified it in 1976.

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