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Chinese restaurant syndrome
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English
Etymology
Coined by Robert Ho Man Kwok in a 1968 letter to the New England Journal of Medicine.
Noun
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en medicine gastroenterology A supposed syndrome associated with consumption of the westernized version of Chinese food, characterized by various symptoms such as burning and tingling sensations, rapid heartbeat, and drowsiness, and initially ascribed to monosodium glutamate (but possibly just psychosomatic, or hypernatremia from overconsumption of salt).
Synonyms
en Chinese food syndrome
en CRS abbreviation
Hypernyms
en monosodium glutamate symptom complex
See also
en MSG symptom complex
en Chinese restaurants