Meanings
adjectivebariatric (not comparable)
- not comparableReferring to the branch of medicine bariatrics, the treatment of obesity and weight problems.
Gastric bypass surgery is a form of bariatric surgery.
1 more example
It’s not only romantic relationships that are transformed by bariatric surgery. Many patients lose friends.
2019 June 17, Sirin Kale, “Bariatric divorce: why extreme weight loss leads to break ups”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
Origin
- Ancient Greekβαρύς“heavy”
- Englishbariatric
From Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús, “heavy”) + ἰατρός (iatrós, “doctor”) + -ic.
More words from Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish lihavuus-, bariatrinen
- lihavuus-referring to bariatrics
- bariatrinenreferring to bariatrics
French bariatrique
- bariatriquereferring to bariatrics
German bariatrisch
- bariatrischreferring to bariatrics
Greek βαριατρική
- βαριατρική (variatrikí)referring to bariatrics
Hungarian bariátriai
- bariátriaireferring to bariatrics
Italian bariatrico
- bariatricoreferring to bariatrics
Norwegian Bokmål fedme-, bariatrisk
- fedme-referring to bariatrics
- bariatriskreferring to bariatrics
Polish bariatryczny
- bariatrycznyreferring to bariatrics
Portuguese bariátrico
- bariátricoreferring to bariatrics
Russian бариатри́ческий
- бариатри́ческий (bariatríčeskij)referring to bariatrics
Spanish bariátrico
- bariátricoreferring to bariatrics
Cite this entry
APA
bariatric. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bariatric
MLA
“bariatric.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bariatric. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bariatric,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bariatric.
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