Definition of Reye's syndrome
: an often fatal encephalopathy especially of childhood characterized by fever, vomiting, fatty infiltration of the liver, and swelling of the kidneys and brain
— called also Reye syndrome
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The first known use of Reye's syndrome was in 1965
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