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adiposity

adiposity noun: obesity; the state of being fat.

Noun

adiposity (plural adiposities)

  1. Obesity; the state of being fat.
    • "Why this sudden concern about adiposity?" asked Hardman.1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 307
  2. The condition of being adipose; adipose tissue.

adiposity meaning in Tamil and Kannada

adiposity in Tamil

கொழுப்கேற்றம், கொழுப்பேற்ற அளவு, கொழுப்பேற்றம்

adiposity in Kannada

ಬೊಜ್ಜುತನ

Forms of adiposity

pluraladiposities

Origin of adiposity

From adipose + -ity, from Latin adeps (“fat, lard”).

Words formed from adiposity

Questions about adiposity

What does adiposity mean?
Adiposity means obesity; the state of being fat.
What is adiposity in Tamil?
Adiposity in Tamil is கொழுப்கேற்றம், கொழுப்பேற்ற அளவு, கொழுப்பேற்றம். See Adiposity meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is adiposity?
Adiposity is a noun.
What is the plural of adiposity?
The plural of adiposity is adiposities.

Words near adiposity in the dictionary

  1. adiposis
  2. adiposis dolorosa
  3. adipositas
  4. adiposities
  5. adipositis
  6. adiposity
  7. adiposogenital
  8. adiposome
  9. adiposomes
  10. adiposopathies
  11. adiposopathy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: adiposity (page history and authors); adiposity (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); adiposity (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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