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A statistical measure of the weight of a person scaled according to height, used to estimate if a person is underweight or overweight. BMI units are defined as kg/m2 ≈ 703*lb/in2.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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a measure of someone's weight in relation to height; to calculate one's BMI, multiply one's weight in pounds and divide that by the square of one's height in inches; overweight is a BMI greater than 25; obese is a BMI greater than 30
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: BMI
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: index, index number, indicant, indicator
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Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
liggaamsmassa-indeks
— the measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person
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Arabic:
مُؤَشِّر كُتْلَة جِسْم
— the measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person
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Azerbaijani:
bədən kütləsi indeksi
— the measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person
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Catalan:
índex de massa corporal
— the measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person
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Dutch:
queteletindex
— the measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person
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Dutch:
BMI
— the measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person
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Dutch:
bodymassindex
— the measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person
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Estonian:
kehamassiindeks
— the measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person
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Finnish:
painoindeksi
— the measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person
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French:
indice de masse corporelle
— the measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person
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French:
IMC
— the measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person
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German:
Körpermasseindex
— the measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person
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German:
Körpermassezahl
— the measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person
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Greek:
δείκτης μάζας σώματος
(deíktis mázas sómatos)
— the measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person
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Greek:
ΔΜΣ
(DMS)
— the measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person
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Hungarian:
testtömegindex
— the measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person
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Indonesian:
indeks massa tubuh
— the measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person
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Irish:
innéacs corpmhaise
— the measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person
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Korean:
체질량 지수
(chejillyang jisu)
— the measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person
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Malay:
indeks jisim badan
— the measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person
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Malay:
indeks jisim tubuh
— the measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person
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Polish:
wskaźnik masy ciała
— the measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person
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Portuguese:
índice de massa corporal
— the measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person
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Romanian:
indice de masă corporală
— the measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person
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Romanian:
indice de greutate corporală
— the measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person
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Swedish:
kroppsmasseindex
— the measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person
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Swedish:
BMI
— the measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person
