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morbid obesity

the condition of having a body mass index over 39 or weighing 50% to 100% over one’s ideal weight. Morbid obesity is associated with diabetes mellitus, heart disease, joint pain, sleep apnea, and stroke.

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feature model

feature model

a model of general knowledge or semantic memory suggesting that information can be described as sets of features (e.g., the features that define bird).