adiposity

English

Etymology

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

Noun

adiposity (plural adiposities)

1. 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.

2. The condition of being adipose; adipose tissue.

Derived terms

• central adiposity

Related terms

• adipic
• adiposeness
• adiposis
• hyperadiposity
• hypoadiposity

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)