obesity

obe·si·ty

noun \ō-ˈbē-sə-tē\

Definition of OBESITY

: a condition characterized by the excessive accumulation and storage of fat in the body

Examples of OBESITY

1. <obesity has been linked to a number of health risks, such as heart disease>

First Known Use of OBESITY

circa 1611

Related to OBESITY

Synonyms: adiposity, chubbiness, corpulency, embonpoint, fat, fatness, fattiness, fleshiness, grossness, corpulence, plumpness, portliness, pudginess, pursiness, rotundity, weight

Antonyms: leanness, reediness, slenderness, slimness, svelteness, thinness

Related Words: bulkiness, heaviness; huskiness, stoutness; brawniness, burliness; endomorphy

Near Antonyms: fitness, trimness; gauntness, scrawniness, skinniness, weediness

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Other Physiology Terms

eructation, flux, gustatory, menarche, myopia, senescence, torpor