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Pickwickian syndrome

Pickwickian syndrome noun: obesity hypoventilation syndrome.

Noun

Pickwickian syndrome (uncountable)

  1. Obesity hypoventilation syndrome.

Origin of Pickwickian syndrome

Named after Charles Dickens' The Pickwick Papers, one of whose characters is a sleepy fat boy.

Questions about Pickwickian syndrome

What does Pickwickian syndrome mean?
Pickwickian syndrome means obesity hypoventilation syndrome.
What part of speech is Pickwickian syndrome?
Pickwickian syndrome is a noun.

Words near Pickwickian syndrome in the dictionary

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  6. Pickwickian syndrome
  7. Pickwickianism
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  9. Pickwickians
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