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Descriptor English:   Obesity, Morbid 
Descriptor Spanish:   Obesidad Mórbida 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Obesidade Mórbida 
Synonyms English:   Morbid Obesity  
Tree Number:   C18.654.726.500.700
C23.888.144.699.500.500
E01.370.600.115.100.160.120.699.500.500
G07.290.100.160.120.699.500.500
G07.574.249.314.120.699.500.500
Definition English:   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. In the BODY MASS INDEX, morbid obesity is defined as having a BMI greater than 40.0 kg/m2. 
Indexing Annotation English:   /surg: consider also BARIATRIC SURGERY
See Related English:   Biliopancreatic Diversion
Gastric Balloon
Gastric Bypass
Gastroplasty
Jejunoileal Bypass
 
History Note English:   87 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
blood cerebrospinal fluid
chemically induced classification
congenital complications
diet therapy diagnosis
drug therapy economics
ethnology embryology
enzymology epidemiology
etiology genetics
history immunology
metabolism microbiology
mortality nursing
pathology prevention & control
physiopathology parasitology
psychology radiography
rehabilitation radionuclide imaging
radiotherapy surgery
therapy urine
ultrasonography veterinary
virology  
Record Number:   19272 
Unique Identifier:   D009767 

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