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Experience has taught me to believe that, these human beans are the most insidious enemies man, with a tendency to corpulence in advanced life, can possess, though eminently friendly to youth.
William Banting

Meaning of "corpulence" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CORPULENCE

corpulence  [ˈkɔːpjʊləns] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CORPULENCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Corpulence is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CORPULENCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

corpulence

Obesity

Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have a negative effect on health, leading to reduced life expectancy and/or increased health problems. People are considered obese when their body mass index, a measurement obtained by dividing a person's weight by the square of the person's height, exceeds 30 kg/m2. Obesity increases the likelihood of various diseases, particularly heart disease, type 2 diabetes, obstructive sleep apnea, certain types of cancer, and osteoarthritis. Obesity is most commonly caused by a combination of excessive food energy intake, lack of physical activity, and genetic susceptibility, although a few cases are caused primarily by genes, endocrine disorders, medications or psychiatric illness. Evidence to support the view that some obese people eat little yet gain weight due to a slow metabolism is limited. On average obese people have a greater energy expenditure than their thin counterparts due to the energy required to maintain an increased body mass. Dieting and physical exercise are the mainstays of treatment for obesity.

Definition of corpulence in the English dictionary

The definition of corpulence in the dictionary is plumpness.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CORPULENCE


ambulance
ˈæmbjʊləns
condolence
kənˈdəʊləns
crapulence
ˈkræpjʊləns
feculence
ˈfekjʊləns
flatulence
ˈflætʃʊləns
flocculence
ˈflɒkjʊləns
fraudulence
ˈfrɔːdjʊləns
opulence
ˈɒpjʊləns
petulance
ˈpɛtjʊləns
pulverulence
pʌlˈvɛrʊləns
purulence
ˈpjʊərʊləns
redolence
ˈrɛdəʊləns
somnambulance
sɒmˈnæmbjʊləns
stridulance
ˈstrɪdjʊləns
succulence
ˈsʌkjʊləns
temulence
ˈtemjʊləns
truculence
ˈtrʌkjʊləns
turbulence
ˈtɜːbjʊləns
undulance
ˈʌndjʊləns
virulence
ˈvɪrʊləns

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CORPULENCE

corpsmen
corpulency
corpulent
corpulently
corpus
corpus callosum
corpus cavernosum
Corpus Christi
corpus delicti
corpus juris
Corpus Juris Canonici
Corpus Juris Civilis
corpus luteum
corpus luteum hormone
corpus spongiosum
corpus striatum
corpus vile
corpuscle
corpuscular
corpuscular theory

WORDS THAT END LIKE CORPULENCE

ambivalence
at your convenience
benevolence
covalence
domestic violence
equivalence
excellence
indolence
insolence
malevolence
nonviolence
par excellence
pestilence
polyvalence
prevalence
radio silence
silence
somnolence
ultraviolence
valence
violence

Synonyms and antonyms of corpulence in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CORPULENCE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «corpulence» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of corpulence

Translation of «corpulence» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CORPULENCE

Find out the translation of corpulence to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of corpulence from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «corpulence» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

肥胖
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

corpulencia
570 millions of speakers

English

corpulence
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्थूलता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سمنة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тучность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

corpulência
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্থূলতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

corpulence
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Corpulence
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Korpulenz
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

肥満
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

비만
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Corpulence
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

to lớn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

corpulence
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जबरदस्ती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

şişmanlık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

corpulenza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Tęgość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

огрядність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

corpolență
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

corpulence
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

zwaarlijvigheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

corpulence
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

corpulence
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of corpulence

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CORPULENCE»

The term «corpulence» is regularly used and occupies the 105.675 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CORPULENCE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «corpulence» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «corpulence» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about corpulence

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QUOTES WITH «CORPULENCE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word corpulence.
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William Banting
Experience has taught me to believe that, these human beans are the most insidious enemies man, with a tendency to corpulence in advanced life, can possess, though eminently friendly to youth.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CORPULENCE»

Discover the use of corpulence in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to corpulence and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
On Corpulence in Relation to Disease: With Some Remarks on Diet
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
William Harvey, 2011
2
On Corpulence
CORPULENCE. CORPULENCB is a term conventionally applied to the deposit of adipose tissue, in the region of the abdomen, _ electively. In youth and adult age, fat is deposited with a certain amount of equality over the surface of our bodies ...
Julian Watson BRADSHAW, 1864
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Letter on Corpulence, addressed to the public ... Second ...
was in his mind, that corpulence could not properly be called an illness, so long as the functions of the body did not materially sufi'er from it. Medical science likewise hesitates to designate every little increase in the normal production of fat as ...
William BANTING, 1869
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Bodies Out of Bounds: Fatness and Transgression
Because Banting was a proponent of the reducing diet before slenderness became a norm, his writings on corpulence and health are difficult to integrate into either the canonical history of diet or the feminist history of the growing " tyranny of ...
Jana Evans Braziel, Kathleen LeBesco, 2001
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A dictionary of the Bengalee language: in which the words ...
(from if“, bulkinesr, and fifim, a cause), caused by or arising from ltulkiness or corpulence; adtrom or because of bulkiness or corpulencc. “Skittltfit'itt'a, ad ( fromfyft'st, bulkiness, and fifit'sm cause), for bulkiness, for corpulence. sisal'tjl, a. tfrom ...
William Carey, 1825
6
The modern practice of physic
POLYSARCHIA, or CORPULENCE. Corpulence, when it arrives at a certain height, becomes an absolute disease. The increase of the omentum particularly, and the accumulation of fat about the kidneys and mesentery, swell the abdomen , ...
Robert Thomas, 1828
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A Method for the Millions
Age, sex, past and present conditions of health, should all be taken into consideration in the treatment of corpulence, and, in prescribing for corpulence, a knowledge of the patient's temperament is of vital importance. It is not generally ...
Emily Noble, 1996
8
Diets and Dieting: A Cultural Encyclopedia
Corpulence is a parasite, that the parasite is a disease, and the close ally of a disease, and the said parasite has been exposed and his very existence threatened” by writers such as Banting and William Harvey. This pamphlet then turned to ...
Sander L. Gilman, 2007
9
Spirit of the English Magazines
THE PHYSICIAN— ON CORPULENCE. (New Mod.) (Sel. Mag.) SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY. OF VINOUS OR SPIRITUOUS FERMENTATION. ,. at Mrs. Garrick's sale at Hampton. The Doctor read the inscription : * Sacred to Sbai^ jeare, and in ...
10
Putting a Name to It: Diagnosis in Contemporary Society
... consequences for the woman who fails to give birth to a live child. I have subtitled this chapter “Corpulence and Fetal Death” to punctuate the fact that these conditions can be just as easily seen in nonmedical as in medical terms.
Annemarie Goldstein Jutel, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CORPULENCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term corpulence is used in the context of the following news items.
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Flamin' Hot Cheetos Are the American Dream
With copiousness comes corpulence. The waistlines of Americans—especially poor Americans—often serve as politicians' excuse to meddle ... «Reason, Jul 15»
2
Spencer Lanning Is A Doomed Man, Part 3
He pushes through the angry mob, up the marble steps, and through the Colonnade of Corpulence. At once, the Indiana National Guard rushes ... «UPROXX, Jul 15»
3
Tuerie dans une église de Charleston: le suspect arrêté
La photo publiée par la police de Charleston montre un homme blanc, de corpulence moyenne, portant un chandail gris, un jean et de grosses ... «Cameroonvoice, Jun 15»
4
An immunosuppressant for senior citizens suffering from obesity
The team worked with rats over the age of 25 months, the equivalent of 65-year-old humans, tested so that their corpulence and weight gain ... «The Sun Daily, Jun 15»
5
An immunosuppressant for senior citizens suffering
The team worked with rats over the age of 25 months, the equivalent of 65-year-old humans, tested so that their corpulence and weight gain ... «Sowetan Live, Jun 15»
6
Land reforms remain an unfinished business
If China has continued to be stable in spite of its size, defying the biological dictum that corpulence is a sign of decay, China watchers ascribe it ... «The Hans India, Jun 15»
7
Jurassic Park : Dennis Nedry, fan des "Dents de la mer" !
Le tout sous couvert de se rendre au distributeur, un mobile parfait au vu de sa corpulence... Mais avant de désactiver les clôtures du parc (et ... «AlloCiné, Jun 15»
8
Aarthi Agarwal Dies Following Popular Procedure
“Aarthi was fighting corpulence and pulmonary illness. She was undertaking treatment and due to some complications, she suffered a cardiac ... «The Epoch Times, Jun 15»
9
Maestro Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's story retold by French author
... Fateh Ali Khan, very early on, certain signs seemed to predict a unique destiny for this child with his small hands and remarkable corpulence. «Business Standard, Jun 15»
10
FIFA crisis: evil triumphed because great men did nothing
Chuck Blazer, whose corpulence matches his greed, has now turned state's evidence on him, but the pair of them ran CONCACAF as their ... «World Soccer, May 15»

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