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obese

About 2.42 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Extremely overweight, especially: weighing more than 20% (for men) or 25% (for women) over their conventionally ideal weight determined by height and build; or, having a body mass index over 30 kg/m.
  2. noun A person who is obese.

Similar words

corpulent fat weighty rotund overweight tubby adiposity fatness chubby obesity

Often followed by

patients and people women subjects individuals children patient persons

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