Prader–Willi syndrome


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Prader–Willi syndrome /ˌprɑːdəˈvɪli/
noun a rare congenital disorder characterized by mental handicap, growth abnormalities, and obsessive eating.
– origin 1960s: named after the Swiss paediatricians Andrea Prader and Heinrich Willi.
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