bariatric

/ ˌbærɪˈætrɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to the treatment of obesity

   bariatric surgery

Other Word Forms

• bariatrics plural noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of bariatric¹

C20: from _baro + _iatric

Example Sentences

"Most don't realise that obesity is a chronic, relapsing disease," says Dr Muffazal Lakhdawala, a Mumbai-based bariatric surgeon.

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Even bariatric surgery is evolving with India's obesity boom.

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"Even with today's best medicines, metabolic surgery offers unique and lasting benefits for people with obesity and diabetes," said Ali Aminian, M.D., director of Cleveland Clinic's Bariatric & Metabolic Institute and primary investigator of the study.

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One firm asked the council what would happen if a couple wanted to be buried together but one was already in a standard grave at Danescourt and the other needed a wider plot in the bariatric section.

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Miss Butler was admitted to Norfolk and Norwich Hospital and later transferred to a specialist bariatric unit at Luton and Dunstable Hospital on the morning of 11 October.

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