HyperDic: waterhouse-friderichsen_syndrome

English > 1 sense of the expression *Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome*:
NOUN	state	Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome	syndrome associated with bacterial meningitis

English > *Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome*: 1 sense > noun 1, state
Meaning	syndrome associated with bacterial meningitis; marked by sudden high fever and skin discoloration and petechiae with hemorrhage into the adrenal glands and cardiovascular collapse.
Broader	syndrome	A pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease