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metabolic syndrome

Syllabification: (met·a·bol·ic syn·drome)
Definition of metabolic syndrome

noun

Medicine
  • a cluster of biochemical and physiological abnormalities associated with the development of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes:the new research may suggest treatments to combat metabolic syndrome, such as anti-inflammatory drugs

metabolic syndrome in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of metabolic syndrome in the British & World English dictionary