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bariatrics

bariatrics noun: the branch of medicine dealing with obesity and weight problems.

Noun

bariatrics pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The branch of medicine dealing with obesity and weight problems.

bariatrics meaning in Tamil and Indonesian

bariatrics in Tamil

கொழு உடல் மருத்துவ இயல், பெருத்த உடல் மருத்துவ இயல்

bariatrics in Indonesian

Translations
bariatrik

Origin of bariatrics

From bary- (“weight”) + -iatrics, coined by physician Raymond E. Dietz in 1961.

Questions about bariatrics

What does bariatrics mean?
Bariatrics means the branch of medicine dealing with obesity and weight problems.
What is bariatrics in Tamil?
Bariatrics in Tamil is கொழு உடல் மருத்துவ இயல், பெருத்த உடல் மருத்துவ இயல். See Bariatrics meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is bariatrics?
Bariatrics is a noun.

Words near bariatrics in the dictionary

  1. barian
  2. bariandite
  3. bariatric
  4. bariatrician
  5. bariatricians
  6. bariatrics
  7. Bariba
  8. Baribault
  9. Baribeau
  10. Baribeaus
  11. baric

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bariatrics (page history and authors); bariatrics (Tamil 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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