Meanings
nounobesity (countable and uncountable, plural obesities)
plural obesities
- countableuncountablemedicineThe 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 2681 more example
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
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
Translations
Arabic سِمْنَة, بَدَانَة
- سِمْنَة (simna)act or state of being obese
- بَدَانَة (badāna)act or state of being obese
Basque loditasun
- loditasunact or state of being obese
Bulgarian затлъстяване
- затлъстяване (zatlăstjavane)act or state of being obese
Catalan obesitat
- obesitatact or state of being obese
Chinese Mandarin 肥胖, 肥胖症
- 肥胖 (féipàng)act or state of being obese
- 肥胖症 (féipàngzhèng)act or state of being obese
Czech obezita, otylost
- obezitaact or state of being obese
- otylostact or state of being obese
Danish fedme, overvægt
- fedmeact or state of being obese
- overvægtact or state of being obese
Dutch obesitas
- obesitasact or state of being obese
Esperanto obezeco
- obezecoact or state of being obese
Estonian rasvumus
- rasvumusact or state of being obese
Finnish liikalihavuus, ylipaino
- liikalihavuusact or state of being obese
- ylipainoact or state of being obese
French obésité
- obésitéact or state of being obese
German Fettsucht, Übergewicht
- Fettsuchtact or state of being obese
- Übergewichtact or state of being obese
- Adipositasact or state of being obese
- Fettleibigkeitact or state of being obese
Greek παχυσαρκία
- παχυσαρκία (pachysarkía)act or state of being obese
Hebrew שׁוֹמֶן, השמנת יתר חולנית
- שׁוֹמֶן (shomen)act or state of being obese
- השמנת יתר חולניתact or state of being obese
Hindi मोटापा, मोटापन
- मोटापा (moṭāpā)act or state of being obese
- मोटापन (moṭāpan)act or state of being obese
- स्थूलता (sthūltā)act or state of being obese
- स्थूलत्व (sthūlatva)act or state of being obese
Hungarian elhízás, obezitás
- elhízásact or state of being obese
- obezitásact or state of being obese
Icelandic offita
- offitaact or state of being obese
Indonesian obesitas
- obesitasact or state of being obese
Irish otracht, murtall
- otrachtact or state of being obese
- murtallact or state of being obese
- beathaitheachtact or state of being obese
- cothaitheachtact or state of being obese
- foircheasact or state of being obese
- foircheasachtact or state of being obese
Italian obesità
- obesitàact or state of being obese
Japanese 肥満, 肥大
- 肥満 (himan)act or state of being obese
- 肥大 (hidai)act or state of being obese
- 肥満症 (himanshō)act or state of being obese
Korean 비만
- 비만 (biman)act or state of being obese
Latin obēsitās, adeps
- obēsitāsact or state of being obese
- adepsact or state of being obese
Lithuanian nutukimas
- nutukimasact or state of being obese
Malay obesiti, keobesan
- obesitiact or state of being obese
- keobesanact or state of being obese
Māori mate mōmona
- mate mōmonaact or state of being obese
Norwegian Bokmål fedme, overvekt
- fedmeact or state of being obese
- overvektact or state of being obese
Persian چاقی
- چاقی (čâqi)act or state of being obese
Polish otyłość
- otyłośćact or state of being obese
Portuguese obesidade
- obesidadeact or state of being obese
Romanian obezitate
- obezitateact or state of being obese
Russian ожире́ние, ту́чность
- ожире́ние (ožirénije)act or state of being obese
- ту́чность (túčnostʹ)act or state of being obese
Slovak obezita
- obezitaact or state of being obese
Spanish obesidad, sobrepeso
- obesidadact or state of being obese
- sobrepesoact or state of being obese
- adiposisact or state of being obese
Swahili kiribatumbo
- kiribatumboact or state of being obese
Swedish fetma
- fetmaact or state of being obese
Tamil உடற்பருமன்
- உடற்பருமன் (uṭaṟparumaṉ)act or state of being obese
Turkish obezite
- obeziteact or state of being obese
Ukrainian ожирі́нння
- ожирі́нння (ožyrínnnja)act or state of being obese
Vietnamese béo phì
- béo phìact or state of being obese
Yiddish גראָב
- גראָב (grob)act or state of being obese
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obesity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obesity
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“obesity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obesity. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “obesity,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obesity.
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