Worster-Drought

English

Etymology

Worster +‎ Drought. For the ailments, the two were named after physician Cecil Charles Worster-Drought.

Proper noun

Worster-Drought

A surname. (Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

Noun

Worster-Drought (uncountable)

(pathology) Ellipsis of Worster-Drought syndrome
1. a form of congenital suprabulbar paresis associated with cerebral palsy
2. a form of heritable dementia found in Britain and the British

Alternative forms

Worster-Drought's

Synonyms

Worster-Drought Syndrome, Worster-Drought syndrome, Worster-Drought's Syndrome, Worster-Drought's syndrome
(dementia): familial British dementia

Hypernyms

syndrome
disease
(paresis): paresis
(dementia): dementia

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