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Rapunzel syndrome
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English
Etymology
After the fairy-tale character with long hair which she let down as a ladder.
Noun
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en medicine The rare condition of having eaten large quantities of hair, which subsequently become lodged within a long portion of the intestine.
Translations
condition
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 毛石腸梗阻綜合徵 máoshí chánggěngzǔ zōnghézhēng
Dutch: nl rapunzelsyndroom n
Finnish: fi Rapunzelin oireyhtymä
en eponyms
en Hair