obesity hypoventilation syndrome

noun

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.

Similar
Pickwickian syndrome
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Meanings

nounobesity hypoventilation syndrome (countable and uncountable, plural obesity hypoventilation syndromes)

plural obesity hypoventilation syndromes

  1. countableuncountablemedicineA 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

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA 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.

Similar
Pickwickian syndrome
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obesity hypoventilation syndrome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obesity%20hypoventilation%20syndrome

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