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Rapunzel syndrome

Rapunzel syndrome noun: the rare condition of having eaten large quantities of hair, which subsequently become lodged within a long portion of the intestine.

Noun

Rapunzel syndrome (uncountable)

  1. The rare condition of having eaten large quantities of hair, which subsequently become lodged within a long portion of the intestine.

Origin of Rapunzel syndrome

After the fairy-tale character with long hair which she let down as a ladder.

Questions about Rapunzel syndrome

What does Rapunzel syndrome mean?
Rapunzel syndrome means the rare condition of having eaten large quantities of hair, which subsequently become lodged within a long portion of the intestine.
What part of speech is Rapunzel syndrome?
Rapunzel syndrome is a noun.

Words near Rapunzel syndrome in the dictionary

  1. rapturously
  2. rapturousness
  3. raptus
  4. raptuses
  5. rapunzel
  6. Rapunzel syndrome
  7. Rapunzelesque
  8. Rapunzelian
  9. Rapunzels
  10. raqi
  11. Raqqa

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