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obesity hypoventilation syndrome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.52 in modern English

Syllables
obe-si-ty hy-poven-ti-la-tion syn-drome
IPA
52
Scrabble Score
30
Letters
8
Syllables
16
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A condition in which a severely overweight person fails to breathe rapidly or deeply enough, resulting in low blood oxygen levels and high blood carbon dioxide levels.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

obesity hypoventilation syndromes (plural)

Synonyms

Pickwickian syndrome

Questions

What does obesity hypoventilation syndrome mean?
A condition in which a severely overweight person fails to breathe rapidly or deeply enough, resulting in low blood oxygen levels and high blood carbon dioxide levels.

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