| OBS | obesity; obstetrical service; organic brain syndrome |
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| OHS | obesity hypoventilation syndrome; occipital Horn syndrome; occupational health service; ocular histo... |
| ACC | accommodation; acetyl coenzyme A carboxylase; acinic cell carcinoma; acute care center; adenoid cyst... |
| ACE | acetonitrile; acetylcholine esterase; acute cerebral encephalopathy; acute coronary event; adrenocor... |
| ACH | acetylcholine; achalasia; active chronic hepatitis; adrenocortical hormone; amyotrophic cerebellar h... |
| HPA | Hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical |
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| PPNAD | Primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease |
| BAC | bovine adrenocortical |
| HPA | hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenocortical |
| obesity | <clinical sign> An increase in body weight beyond the limitation of skeletal and physical requirement, as the result of an excessive accumulation of fat in the body. Origin: L. Obesus = fat (18 Nov 1997) |
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| obesity index | Body weight divided by body volume. (05 Mar 2000) |
| obesity, morbid | The condition of weighing two, three, or more times the ideal weight, so called because it is associated with many serious and life-threatening disorders. (12 Dec 1998) |
| obesity-related diseases | Obesity increases the risk of developing a number of diseases including: type 2 (adult-onset) diabetes high blood pressure (hypertension) stroke (cerebrovascular accident or cva) heart attack (myocardial infarction or mi) heart failure (congestive heart failure) cancer (only certain forms such as prostate and colon cancer) gallstones and gall bladder disease (cholecystitis) gout and gouty arthritis osteoarthritis (degenerative arthritis) of the knees, hips, and the lower back sleep apnea (failure to breath normally during sleep, lowering blood oxygen) pickwickian syndrome (obesity, red face, underventilation, and drowsiness). (12 Dec 1998) |
| latent adrenocortical insufficiency | Adrenocortical insufficiency not clinically evident but which can become severe if a sudden stress, such as an intercurrent acute illness, develops. (05 Mar 2000) |