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Prader-Willi syndrome

British  
/ ˌprɑːdəˈvɪlɪ /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of Prader-Willi syndrome

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

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