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caloric deficit

caloric deficit noun: a shortage in the number of calories needed to maintain one's bodyweight.

Noun

caloric deficit (plural caloric deficits)

  1. a shortage in the number of calories needed to maintain one's bodyweight
    Synonyms:
    energy deficit
    Antonyms:
    caloric surplus

Synonyms of caloric deficit

  • energy deficit

Antonyms

  • caloric surplus

Forms of caloric deficit

pluralcaloric deficits
alternative formcalorie deficit
alternative formcalorific deficit

Questions about caloric deficit

What does caloric deficit mean?
Caloric deficit means a shortage in the number of calories needed to maintain one's bodyweight.
What part of speech is caloric deficit?
Caloric deficit is a noun.
What is the plural of caloric deficit?
The plural of caloric deficit is caloric deficits.

Words near caloric deficit in the dictionary

  1. calopyterygids
  2. Calopăr
  3. Calor gas
  4. calorescence
  5. caloric
  6. caloric deficit
  7. caloric deficits
  8. caloric density
  9. calorically
  10. caloricist
  11. caloricists

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