obesity

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English

Etymology

From French obésité, from Latin obēsitās, from obēsus (“fat”). By surface analysis, obese +‎ -ity.

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Noun

obesity (countable and uncountable, plural obesities)

  1. (pathology) The state of being obese.
    • 2015 July 4, Vilma E. Ortiz, Jean Kwo, “Obesity: physiologic changes and implications for preoperative management”, in BMC Anesthesiology‎, volume 15, →DOI:
      While the majority of individuals with severe obesity are able to maintain eucapnia, a significant minority will develop obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS), characterized by alveolar hypoventilation (PaCO 2  > 45 mmHg) unexplained by other disorders.

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  1. ^ Meredith, L. P. (1872) “Obesity”, in Every-Day Errors of Speech‎, Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., page 33.
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