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Obese

//oʊˈbis// adj, noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Extremely overweight, especially: weighing more than 20% (for men) or 25% (for women) over their conventionally ideal weight determined by height and build; or, having a body mass index over 30 kg/m².

    "The president, being 74, a man and someone categorised as obese, is in a higher-risk category for Covid-19."

Adjective
  1. 1
    excessively fat wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A person who is obese.

    "Despite a large scattering of HR decay rate, even present in healthy subjects, a ₂ and ΔHR were significantly lower in obeses and COPDs."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin obēsus, derived from obedō (“I devour, eat away”), from ob (“away”) + edō (“I eat”). Displaced native Old English oferfǣtt (literally “overfat”).

Etymology 2

From Latin obēsus, derived from obedō (“I devour, eat away”), from ob (“away”) + edō (“I eat”). Displaced native Old English oferfǣtt (literally “overfat”).

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