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n. - The property of excessive fatness.

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  • A lot of people are adiposis because they're heavy noshers and eat far overmuch than they realise.
  • Nevertheless, this is only true if your body is of the right body type (body condition) and if you really are adiposis then trust me, it is not.
  • Dear Annie - I have a rare condition called Dercum's disease (adiposis dolorosa).
  • Dercum of Philadelphia has described a variety of obesity which he has called "adiposis dolorosa," in which there is an enormous growth of fat, sometimes limited,...
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