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Pickwickian syndrome

Arabic translation: متلازمة بيكويك


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English term or phrase:Pickwickian syndrome
Arabic translation:متلازمة بيكويك
Entered by: Iman Khaireddine
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11:31 Nov 21, 2005
English to Arabic translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Health Care
English term or phrase: Pickwickian syndrome
It has something to do with the following terms : Nervous system Diseases, Sleep disorders, and Hypersomnia.
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Zeinab Asfour
Jordan
Local time: 22:48
متلازمة بيكويك
Explanation:
متلازمة بيكويك

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Note added at 12 mins (2005-11-21 11:44:23 GMT)
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ويمكن ان تؤدي السمنة المفرطة الى متلازمة بيكويك التي تتميز بانقطاع التنفس المتكرر اثناء النوم

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وفي حالات السمنة المفرطة قد يتعرض البدين لحدوث التهابات بالرئة، أو قد يصل الأمر للإصابة بما يسمى: متلازمة بيكويك (Pickwickian Syndrome) حيث يعاني البدين من الخمول، والنعاس، والرغبة المستمرة للنوم، وضيق التنفس من وقت لآخر والذي قد يصل إلى درجة شديدة يحدث معها زرقان واضح بلون الجلد

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Iman Khaireddine
Local time: 20:48
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Thank you very much :)
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Summary of answers provided
5متلازمة أو تناذر بيكويكghada amirdash
4 +1متلازمة بيكويك
Iman Khaireddine
4مَُُتلاِزمةُ بيكويك
A Nabil Bouitieh


  

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pickwickian syndrome
مَُُتلاِزمةُ بيكويك


Explanation:
Pick's disease: A cause of dementia. The damage is mainly in the frrontal and temporal lobes of the brain, in contrast with the diffuse degeneration of Alzheimer's disease. (A.Pick(1851-1924), Czecg psychiatrist).
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A Nabil Bouitieh
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Local time: 20:48
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Asker: Thank you very much :)

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pickwickian syndrome
متلازمة بيكويك


Explanation:
متلازمة بيكويك

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Note added at 12 mins (2005-11-21 11:44:23 GMT)
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ويمكن ان تؤدي السمنة المفرطة الى متلازمة بيكويك التي تتميز بانقطاع التنفس المتكرر اثناء النوم

http://www.alyaum.com/issue/page.php?IN=11663&P=33

وفي حالات السمنة المفرطة قد يتعرض البدين لحدوث التهابات بالرئة، أو قد يصل الأمر للإصابة بما يسمى: متلازمة بيكويك (Pickwickian Syndrome) حيث يعاني البدين من الخمول، والنعاس، والرغبة المستمرة للنوم، وضيق التنفس من وقت لآخر والذي قد يصل إلى درجة شديدة يحدث معها زرقان واضح بلون الجلد

http://www.egyptianhydepark.com/vb/showthread.php?t=778&goto...

Iman Khaireddine
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Thank you very much :)

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agree  ahmadwadan.com: u got it faster
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pickwickian syndrome
متلازمة أو تناذر بيكويك


Explanation:
pickwickian syndrome is a complex of respiratory and circulatory symptoms associated with some cases of extreme obesity. The name originates from the fat man depicted in Charles Dickens' The Pickwick Papers, who showed some of the same traits

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Note added at 9 hrs 58 mins (2005-11-21 21:29:38 GMT) Post-grading
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the name pickwickian originates from charles dickens title "the pickwick papers"
hence the arabic translation is
متلازمة بيكويك
and not pickwikian

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