obesity hypoventilation syndrome

English

Noun

obesity hypoventilation syndrome (plural obesity hypoventilation syndromes)

(medicine) 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.

Synonyms

Pickwickian syndrome

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