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Definitions
Wiktionary
- adj. Referring to the branch of medicine bariatrics, the treatment of obesity and weight problems.
Etymologies
- From Ancient Greek βαρύς (barus, "heavy") + Ancient Greek ἰατρός (iatros, "doctor") + -ic (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Also, why is medical tourism in bariatric surgery more risky than in other types of surgery, like cosmetic surgery for example?”
Risks of Medical Tourism for Bariatric Surgery | Dr. Sharma's Obesity Notes
“Readers with a particular interest in bariatric surgery should be aware of the new comprehensive guidelines for the perioperative nutritional, metabolic, and non-surgical support for the bariatric surgery patient jointly published by the American Association of Clinical Endocriologists, The Obesity Society, and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, also published as a supplement to this month’s issue of OBESITY.”
Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » Perioperative Bariatric Guidelines
“Surgery for weight loss (called bariatric surgery) used to be seen as a last resort.”
Consumer Reports: Is pregnancy safe after weight loss surgery?
“Surgery for weight loss called bariatric surgery used to be seen as a last resort.”
Consumer Reports: Is pregnancy safe after weight loss surgery?
“It's called a bariatric surgeon is the specialty, the area.”
“Most of these so-called bariatric surgeries, where the stomach is either stapled or shrunk surgically by removing part of the stomach, are performed by surgeons who, like most cosmetic surgeons in America, haven't been specially certified to do this kind of operation.”
“A leading expert said people in Wales are dying because the operations - known as bariatric corrsurgery - are not being funded.”
“However, not all patients who undergo so-called bariatric weight reduction surgery need a cosmetic procedure after their dramatic weight loss, said one doctor who's an obesity expert.”
“Weight-loss surgery, also known as bariatric surgery, should be considered for obese women of childbearing age who may wish to start a family, the study authors noted in a news release from the journal.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘bariatric’.
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Faintheart's Words
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These are lexical items new to me that I've discovered in actual use (i.e. not in dictionaries, lists, or this site).
Looking back over this list, I haven't the slightest idea what mos...haymow, hawsepipe, stridor, bariatric, autotelic, apotropaic, cyanotype, tourelle, autobody, zudecca, stifado, corbeille and 1073 more...
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Tweets
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bilby "Two hundred years on, I'm in a bariatric ambulance (an alternative term for obese, favoured by the medical world because it's less shaming to patients) investigating why the UK is in the midst of an obesity crisis."
- Jacques Peretti, Why our food is making us fat, The Guardian, 11 June 2012.
Aside: interesting anecdote at the top of that article about Britain's first obese man. Jan 28, 2013