body mass index

English

Noun

1. 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 $\mathrm {kg} /\mathrm {m} ^{2}$ ≈ $\mathrm {703*lb} /\mathrm {in} ^{2}$.

Translations

the measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person

• Estonian: kehamassiindeks (et)
• Finnish: painoindeksi
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• German: Körpermasseindex m, Körpermassezahl f
• Portuguese: índice de massa corporal m