Prader-Willi syndrome
/ (ˌprɑːdəˈvɪlɪ) /
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noun
a congenital condition characterized by obsessive eating, obesity, mental retardation, and small genitalia
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Word Origin for Prader-Willi syndrome
C20: after Andrea Prader (1919–2001) and Heinrich Willi (1900–71), Swiss paediatricians
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