English Explanatory Dictionary

Pickwickian syndrome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Obesity hypoventilation syndrome.

Word forms

Pickwickian syndrome

Etymology

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

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