OBESITY
\ə͡ʊbˈiːsətˌi], \əʊbˈiːsətˌi], \əʊ_b_ˈiː_s_ə_t_ˌi]\
Definitions of OBESITY
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- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 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
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. Fleshiness ; fulness of body ; excessive or morbid corpulence ;- also obeseness.
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