肥満 — meaning in English

English meaning

• corpulent adj Large in body; fat; overweight.
• fat noun A soft, greasy substance stored in the body (or found in food) that provides energy.
• obese adjective Very overweight, to a degree that is unhealthy.
• obesity noun The condition of carrying an unhealthy amount of body fat.

Senses

肥満 is used for these senses in English:

• corpulence The characteristic or state of being corpulent.
• corpulent Large in body; fat; overweight.
• fat Carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin.
• obese Extremely overweight, especially: weighing more than 20% (for men) or 25% (for women) over their conventionally ideal weight determined by height and build; or, having a body mass index over 30 kg/m2.
• obesity (pathology) The state of being obese.
• plumpness The quality or state of being plump.

corpulent — full definition

1. adj Large in body; fat; overweight.
2. adj Physical, material, corporeal.

fat — full definition

1. noun A soft, greasy substance stored in the body (or found in food) that provides energy.
2. adj Having a large amount of body fat; overweight.
3. noun The most valuable or wasteful part of something, as in "trim the fat" from a budget.

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