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Named after Charles Dickens' The Pickwick Papers, one of whose characters is a sleepy fat boy.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pickwickian syndrome
Today it means: Obesity hypoventilation syndrome. Full definition →
Today it means: Obesity hypoventilation syndrome. Full definition →
Named after Charles Dickens' The Pickwick Papers, one of whose characters is a sleepy fat boy.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.