Rapunzel syndrome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

Rapunzel syndrome

Etymology

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

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