feline dysautonomia

feline dysautonomia
a neurological disorder of cats, characterized by decreased numbers of neurons in autonomic and cranial nerve ganglia, resulting in mydriasis, dry mucous membranes, megaesophagus, bradycardia, and constipation. Called also Key-Gaskell syndrome.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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