Grossly overweight in a way that relates to or is indicative of disease.
morbidly obese patients
Example sentencesExamples
Patients who are morbidly obese have difficulty breathing in a recumbent position.
In his work as a physician, he often treats morbidly obese patients.
There are probably about one million morbidly obese individuals in the country.
Persons who are morbidly obese have higher chances developing problems such as diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, and certain types of cancers.
For these reasons, people who are morbidly obese are candidates for surgical intervention.
For me to even move from morbidly obese to overweight, it would take me 2–3 years of perfect eating.
On examination, the patient was found to be morbidly obese.
Right now you have to be morbidly obese, 100 pounds overweight, or have serious health problems to get this surgery.
The number of morbidly obese men is rising sharply.
Injections of leptin have been used to help morbidly obese people with a deficiency of the hormone to lose weight.
Synonyms
plump, stout, overweight, heavy, large, solid, chubby, portly, rotund, flabby, paunchy, pot-bellied, beer-bellied, dumpy, meaty, broad in the beam, of ample proportions, falstaffian