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adjective (comparative: more obese, superlative: most obese)
- Extremely overweight, especially: weighing more than 20% (for men) or 25% (for women) over their ideal weight determined by height and build; or, having a body mass index) over <math>30\mathrm{kg}/\mathrm{m}^2</math>.
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noun
- The process of occluding, or something that occludes.
- (medicine) Anything that obstructs or closes a vessel or canal.
- (context, medicine, dentistry) The alignment of the teeth when upper and lower jaws are brought together.
- (meteorology) An occluded front.
- (linguistics) A closure within the vocal tract that produces an oral stop or nasal stop.
- (physics) The absorption of a gas or liquid by a substance such as a metal.
- (computing) The blocking of the view of part of an image by another.
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adjective
- occuring every eight days.
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noun
- infrequent or light menstrual periods in women of child-bearing age
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adjective
- take advantage of, taking advantage of situations that arise
- The danger now isn't so much from the AIDS virus itself as from infections.
- said of people who will take advantage of situations to advance their own interests, without regard for principles
- You can't trust somebody that -- she'll stab you in the back the first chance she gets.
| | osteoarthritis |
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noun (plural osteoarthritides)
- (pathology) A form of arthritis, affecting mainly older people, caused by chronic degeneration of the cartilage and synovial membrane of the joints, leading to pain and stiffness.
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noun (osteoporoses)
- (pathology) A disease, occurring especially in women following menopause, in which the bones become extremely porous and are subject to fracture.
| | otalgia |
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noun
- (pathology) earache
| | otitis |
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noun (plural: otitides)
- (pathology) Inflammation of the ear.
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noun - (Medicine)Condition of inflammation of the ovary.
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noun - An excess of weight.
adjective
- (context, of a person) heavier than what is generally considered healthy for a given body type and height.
- ({context, transportation industry, of a vehicle) weighing more than what is allowed for safety or legal commerce
- 1988, U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment, Gearing Up for Safety: Motor Carrier Safety in a Competitive Environment, ISBN 1428922504, page 38,
- : All States allow oversized vehicles if a special permit is obtained, although most States will grant permits only for non-divisible loads.
- 1993, Legacy in the Sand: Chemical Command in Operations Desert Shield & Desert Storm, ISBN 0788104756, page 74,
- : He got as far as the first weigh station, where troopers found his truck to be and threatened to pull him off the road.
- 1998, Collision of Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District Train 102, ISBN 1428996532, page 48,
- : Postaccident examination of the vehicle indicated, for example, that the driver had not adequately maintained his logbook and that his vehicle had been for travel in Indiana.
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