obesity
Syllables: obes·i·ty/ə(ʊ)ˈbiːsɪti/US/oʊˈbisɪti/
obesity noun: the state of being obese.
Noun
obesity (countable and uncountable, plural obesities)
- The state of being obese.
- The fowls, ducks, and goats all looked fat and thriving on the refuse food of a dense population, and the Chinamen's pigs were in a state of obesity that foreboded early death.1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 268
- 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.2015 July 4, Vilma E. Ortiz, Jean Kwo, “Obesity: physiologic changes and implications for preoperative management”, in BMC Anesthesiology, volume 15, →DOI
obesity meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
obesity in Hindi
- act or state of being obese
- मोटापा moṭāpā, मोटापन moṭāpan, स्थूलता sthūltā, स्थूलत्व sthūlatva
obesity in Tamil
- act or state of being obese
- உடற்பருமன் uṭaṟparumaṉ
obesity in Marathi
- लठ्ठपणा, स्थूलपणा, लठ्ठपण
obesity in Urdu
- obesity
- مٹاپا muṭāpā
More languagesFewer languages
- obesity in Bengali
- স্থূলতা, মেদবহুলতা, মেদবৃদ্ধি
- obesity in Telugu
- ఊబకాయం, స్థూలకాయం
- obesity in Malayalam
- പൊണ്ണത്തടി poṇṇattaṭi, അമിതവണ്ണം amitavaṇṇaṁ
- obesity in Kannada
- ಬೊಜ್ಜು bojju
- obesity in Punjabi
- ਮੋਟਾਪਾ, ਮੋਟਾਪਣ
- obesity in Gujarati
- સ્થૂળતા sthūḷtā
- obesity in Odia
- ମେଦବହୁଳତା, ମୋଟାପଣ
- obesity in Nepali
- मोटापा, मोटोपन, मोटोपना
- obesity in Arabic
- سِمْنَة simna, بَدَانَة badāna
- obesity in Malay
- obesiti
- obesity in Indonesian
- obesitas
- obesity in Persian
- چاقی čâqi
- obesity in Vietnamese
- béo phì
- obesity in Myanmar
- အဝလွန်ခြင်း a.wa.lwanhkrang:
Examples of obesity in a sentence
- In this case of supermorbid obesity, the patient was unable to get out of bed.
- The consumption of snack food is linked with obesity.
- Overeating and underexercising will lead to obesity.
Forms of obesity
| plural | obesities |
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Origin of obesity
From French obésité, from Latin obēsitās, from obēsus (“fat”). By surface analysis, obese + -ity.
Words formed from obesity
Phrases with obesity
Questions about obesity
- What does obesity mean?
- Obesity means the state of being obese.
- What is obesity in Hindi?
- Obesity in Hindi is मोटापा (moṭāpā), मोटापन (moṭāpan), स्थूलता (sthūltā). See Obesity meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is obesity?
- Obesity is a noun.
- How do you pronounce obesity?
- Obesity is pronounced /ə(ʊ)ˈbiːsɪti/ (UK).
- What is the plural of obesity?
- The plural of obesity is obesities.
Words near obesity in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: obesity (page history and authors); obesity (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); مٹاپا (Urdu) (page history and authors); obesity (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); obesity (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ಬೊಜ್ಜು (Kannada) (page history and authors); obesity (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); સ્થૂળતા (Gujarati) (page history and authors); obesity (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); obesity (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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