Sturge-Weber syndrome
noun
Sturge-Web·er syndrome
ˈstərj-ˈweb-ər-
: a rare congenital condition that is characterized by a port-wine stain affecting the facial skin on one side in the area innervated by the first branch of the trigeminal nerve and by malformed blood vessels in the brain that may cause progressive intellectual disability, epilepsy, and glaucoma in the eye on the affected side
called also Sturge-Weber disease
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