Chinese restaurant syndrome (English, noun)
expansion: Chinese restaurant syndrome (uncountable)
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topics: gastroenterology
medicine
sciences
glosses: 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).
tags: uncountable
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