body mass index
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
body mass index (plural body mass indexes or body mass indices)
- A statistical measure of the weight of a person scaled according to height, used to estimate if a person is underweight or overweight. BMI units are defined as ≈ .
Synonyms[edit]
- Quetelet index, BMI (initialism)
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Translations[edit]
the measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person
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