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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

肥胖

Pronunciation / Transliteration: féipàng

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Obesity/oʊˈbiː.sə.ti/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #3400 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"保持健康饮食有助于预防肥胖。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The state of being grossly fat or overweight.

    "A diet high in fat and sugar can lead to obesity."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin word 'obesitas', meaning stout, fat, or plump, which itself stems from 'obesus', the past participle of 'obedere' (to eat away, devour, from ob- + edere to eat). It entered the English language in the early 17th century, transitioning from a general descriptor of physical heft into a specific medical term denoting an excess of body fat.

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