English Explanatory Dictionary

Chinese restaurant syndrome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A supposed syndrome associated with consumption of the westernized version of Chinese food, characterized by various symptoms such as burning and tingling sensations, rapid heartbeat, and drowsiness, and initially ascribed to monosodium glutamate (but possibly just psychosomatic, or hypernatremia from overconsumption of salt).

Word forms

Chinese restaurant syndrome

Etymology

Coined by Robert Ho Man Kwok in a 1968 letter to the New England Journal of Medicine.

Synonyms

Chinese food syndrome CRS

Related words

MSG symptom complex
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