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Prader-Willi syndrome

noun

a congenital condition characterized by obsessive eating, obesity, mental retardation, and small genitalia

Word Origin for Prader-Willi syndrome

C20: after Andrea Prader (1919–2001) and Heinrich Willi (1900–71), Swiss paediatricians

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prader-willi syndrome in Medicine

Prader-Willi syndrome

[prā′dər-wĭl′ē, prä′dər-vĭl′ē]

n.

A congenital syndrome of unknown cause characterized by short stature, mental retardation, excessive eating and obesity, and sexual immaturity.

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