OBESITY
\ə͡ʊbˈiːsətˌi], \əʊbˈiːsətˌi], \əʊ_b_ˈiː_s_ə_t_ˌi]\
Definitions of OBESITY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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Increase in body weight beyond skeletal and physical standards as the result of an excessive accumulation of fat in the body. More than two times the ideal weight is considered OBESITY, MORBID.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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An abnormal increase of fat in the subcutaneous connective tissues; corpulence, polysarcia, fatness, general adiposis, general liposis.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. Fleshiness ; fulness of body ; excessive or morbid corpulence ;- also obeseness.
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