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prettygoodword ([personal profile] prettygoodword) wrote2006-08-02 07:14 am
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bariatrics

bariatrics - n., the branch of medicine that deals with the causes, prevention, and treatment of obesity.


From Greek baros, weight + -iatrics, branch of medicine.

---L.
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