adiposity

English

Etymology

adipose +‎ -ity, from Latin adeps (“fat, lard”)

Noun

adiposity (plural adiposities)

Obesity; the state of being fat.
- 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 307:
  "Why this sudden concern about adiposity?" asked Hardman.
The condition of being adipose; adipose tissue.

Derived terms

central adiposity

Related terms

Translations

obesity

Dutch: vetzucht (nl) m or f
French: adiposité (fr) f
German: Adipositas (de) f, Fettleibigkeit (de) f, Obesitas f, Fettsucht (de) f, Übergewicht (de) n
Spanish: adiposidad (es) f

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Bulgarian: тлъстина (bg) (tlǎstina)

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