body mass index

noun

A statistical measure of the weight of a person scaled according to height, used to estimate if a person is underweight or overweight. BMI units are defined as kg/m² ≈ 703*lb/in².

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Meanings

nounbody mass index (plural body mass indexes or body mass indices)

plural body mass indexes · plural body mass indices

  1. A statistical measure of the weight of a person scaled according to height, used to estimate if a person is underweight or overweight. BMI units are defined as kg/m² ≈ 703*lb/in².

    Synonyms: Quetelet index, BMI

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA statistical measure of the weight of a person scaled according to height, used to estimate if a person is underweight or overweight. BMI units are defined as kg/m² ≈ 703*lb/in².

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Quetelet indexBMI

More synonyms by meaning

nouna measure of someone's weight in relation to height; to calculate one's BMI, multiply one's weight in pounds and divide that by the square of one's height in inches; overweight is a BMI greater than 25; obese is a BMI greater than 30

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Afrikaans liggaamsmassa-indeks
  • liggaamsmassa-indeksthe measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person
Arabic مُؤَشِّر كُتْلَة جِسْم
  • مُؤَشِّر كُتْلَة جِسْمthe measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person
Catalan índex de massa corporal
  • índex de massa corporalthe measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person
Dutch queteletindex, BMI
  • queteletindexthe measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person
  • BMIthe measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person
  • bodymassindexthe measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person
Estonian kehamassiindeks
  • kehamassiindeksthe measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person
Finnish painoindeksi
  • painoindeksithe measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person
French indice de masse corporelle, IMC
  • indice de masse corporellethe measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person
  • IMCthe measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person
German Körpermasseindex, Körpermassezahl
  • Körpermasseindexthe measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person
  • Körpermassezahlthe measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person
Greek δείκτης μάζας σώματος, ΔΜΣ
  • δείκτης μάζας σώματος (deíktis mázas sómatos)the measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person
  • ΔΜΣ (DMS)the measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person
Hungarian testtömegindex
  • testtömegindexthe measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person
Indonesian indeks massa tubuh
  • indeks massa tubuhthe measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person
Irish innéacs corpmhaise
  • innéacs corpmhaisethe measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person
Korean 체질량 지수
  • 체질량 지수 (chejillyang jisu)the measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person
Malay indeks jisim badan, indeks jisim tubuh
  • indeks jisim badanthe measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person
  • indeks jisim tubuhthe measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person
Polish wskaźnik masy ciała
  • wskaźnik masy ciałathe measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person
Portuguese índice de massa corporal
  • índice de massa corporalthe measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person
Romanian indice de masă corporală, indice de greutate corporală
  • indice de masă corporalăthe measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person
  • indice de greutate corporalăthe measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person
Swedish kroppsmasseindex, BMI
  • kroppsmasseindexthe measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person
  • BMIthe measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person
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