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Quetelet index

Quetelet index proper noun: body mass index.

Proper noun

Quetelet index

  1. Body mass index.

Forms of Quetelet index

alternative formQuetelet's index

Origin of Quetelet index

After Adolphe Quetelet (1796-1874).

Questions about Quetelet index

What does Quetelet index mean?
Quetelet index means body mass index.
What part of speech is Quetelet index?
Quetelet index is a proper noun.

Words near Quetelet index in the dictionary

  1. quetch
  2. quetched
  3. quetches
  4. quetching
  5. Quetelet
  6. Quetelet index
  7. Quetelet's index
  8. Queteleta
  9. quetenite
  10. queth
  11. quetiapine

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