bariatrics

[bar-ee-a-triks]

noun

(used with a singular verb)

1. a branch of medicine that deals with the control and treatment of obesity and allied diseases.

bariatrics

1. The branch of medicine that deals with the causes, prevention, and treatment of obesity.

Other Word Forms

• bariatric adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of bariatrics¹

1965–70; < Greek bár ( os ) weight ( baro- ) + -iatrics

Example Sentences

Intuitive, which makes a surgical robot used in several procedures including bariatrics, said on an earnings call that the U.S. growth rate for weight-loss surgery was slowing as patients consider using the new drugs instead.

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On Aug. 26, amid the steepest rise in covid caseloads in the pandemic for the swath of Appalachia covered by Ballad’s providers, the system postponed a long list of elective surgeries, which are a crucial source of revenue for hospitals, including: hernia repair, cardiac and interventional radiology procedures, aesthetic and plastic surgeries, podiatric procedures, vasectomies, bariatrics, joint replacements, screening endoscopies and nonessential spine surgery.

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St. Joseph’s Hospital will handle coronavirus patients, but will close its emergency room by year’s end and specialties such as neurology and bariatrics will be relocated, the Star Tribune reported.

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My primary care physician is board-certified in bariatrics, and she "gets" my efforts.

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“It gives the brain time to recognize satiety,” says Kathleen Crothall, chief executive of Aspire Bariatrics LLC, the manufacturer.

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