obese
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adjective
very fat or overweight; corpulent.
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obese (əʊˈbiːs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| excessively fat or fleshy; corpulent | |
| [C17: from Latin obēsus, from ob- (intensive) + edere to eat] | |
| o'besity | |
| —n | |
| o'beseness | |
| —n | |
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Medical Dictionary
obese o·bese (ō-bēs')
adj.
Extremely fat; very overweight.
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Example sentences
We have the highest percentage of overweight and obese patients in the industrialised world.
The only cure to being obese or overweight is will power.
Consistent with this, the brains of obese people often show signs of damage.
She was morbidly obese and had great difficulty walking even at the slowest pace.
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