Rapunzel syndrome

English

Etymology

After the fairy-tale character with long hair which she let down as a ladder.

Noun

Rapunzel syndrome (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) The rare condition of having eaten large quantities of hair, which subsequently become lodged within a long portion of the intestine.

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