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obesity hypoventilation syndrome

obesity hypoventilation syndrome noun: a condition in which a severely overweight person fails to breathe rapidly or deeply enough, resulting in low blood oxygen levels and high blood carbon dioxide levels.

Noun

obesity hypoventilation syndrome (countable and uncountable, plural obesity hypoventilation syndromes)

  1. A condition in which a severely overweight person fails to breathe rapidly or deeply enough, resulting in low blood oxygen levels and high blood carbon dioxide levels.

Synonyms of obesity hypoventilation syndrome

Forms of obesity hypoventilation syndrome

pluralobesity hypoventilation syndromes

Questions about obesity hypoventilation syndrome

What does obesity hypoventilation syndrome mean?
Obesity hypoventilation syndrome means a condition in which a severely overweight person fails to breathe rapidly or deeply enough, resulting in low blood oxygen levels and high blood carbon dioxide levels.
What part of speech is obesity hypoventilation syndrome?
Obesity hypoventilation syndrome is a noun.
What is the plural of obesity hypoventilation syndrome?
The plural of obesity hypoventilation syndrome is obesity hypoventilation syndromes.

Words near obesity hypoventilation syndrome in the dictionary

  1. obesify
  2. obesifying
  3. obesigenic
  4. obesities
  5. obesity
  6. obesity hypoventilation syndrome
  7. obesity hypoventilation syndromes
  8. obesogen
  9. obesogenesis
  10. obesogenic
  11. obesogenicity

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