Klüver-Bucy syndrome

[ kloo-ver-byoo-see ]

noun

, Psychiatry.

1. a syndrome caused by bilateral injury to the temporal lobes and characterized by memory defect, hypersexuality, excessive oral behavior, and diminished fear reactions.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Klüver-Bucy syndrome¹

Named after German-born U.S. neurologist Heinrich Klüver (1898–1979) and U.S. neurologist Paul Clancy Bucy (1904–92), who jointly described it in 1938