Definitions
Very overweight, especially in a medical sense.
Word origin
From Latin obēsus, derived from obedō (“to devour, eat away”), from ob (“away”) + edō (“to eat”).
Used in a sentence
“The president, being 74, a man and someone categorised as obese, is in a higher-risk category for Covid-19.”
“Despite a large scattering of HR decay rate, even present in healthy subjects, a ₂ and ΔHR were significantly lower in obeses and COPDs.”
“Subjects were grouped as Group 1 and Group 2 according to VAI, and normals, overweights and obeses according to BMI.”
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