Mowat-Wilson syndrome affects many organs. Its main characteristics are moderate to severe intellectual disability, distinctive facial features, a small head (microcephalus), severe constipation and epilepsy.
A tirade is a speech, usually consisting of a long string of violent, emotionally charged words. Borrow and lose your roommateâs clothes one too many times, and you can bet youâll be treated to a heated tirade. The noun tirade is related to the Italian word tirata, which means volley.. So imagine a very angry person lobbing harsh words and strings of profanity in your direction when you want to remember what tirade means.
Pathological emotional expression, generally due to neurological degeneration or other complications; may or may not be mood-congruent. In other words, the patient might sob uncontrollably in an only moderately sad situation (an excessive but mood-congruent reaction), or he or she might also cry when upset or angry (a mood-incongruent reaction).