"weight loss" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} weight loss (uncountable)
  1. (medicine, nutrition) The reduction of total body mass due to loss of fluid, fat, tissue, etc. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine, Nutrition Translations (reduction of body mass): քաշի կորուստ (kʻaši korust) (Armenian), pèrdua de pes [feminine] (Catalan), 減肥 /减肥 (jiǎnféi) (english: intentional) (Chinese Mandarin), 體重下降 /体重下降 (unintentional) (Chinese Mandarin), vægttab [neuter] (Danish), gewichtsverlies [neuter] (Dutch), malpeziĝo (Esperanto), painonpudotus (english: desirable) (Finnish), painonmenetys (english: unwanted) (Finnish), perte de poids [feminine] (French), Gewichtsverlust (German), Gewichtsabnahme [feminine] (German), αδυνάτισμα (adynátisma) [neuter] (Greek), fogyás (Hungarian), súlyvesztés (Hungarian), súlycsökkenés (Hungarian), þyngdartap [neuter] (Icelandic), perdita di peso [feminine] (Italian), 体重減少 (taijū genshō) (alt: たいじゅうげんしょう) (Japanese), 체중 감량 (chejung gamnyang) (Korean), 체중 감소 (chejung gamso) (Korean), vekttap [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), vekttap [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), odchudzanie [neuter] (Polish), perda de peso [feminine] (Portuguese), похуде́ние (poxudénije) [neuter] (Russian), adelgazamiento [masculine] (Spanish), enflaquecimiento [masculine] (Spanish), pérdida de peso [feminine] (Spanish), viktminskning [common-gender] (Swedish), viktförlust [common-gender] (Swedish), viktnedgång [common-gender] (Swedish), น้ำหนักลด (nám-nàk-lót) (Thai), kilo kaybı (Turkish), сху́днення (sxúdnennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)

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      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "похуде́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "reduction of body mass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "adelgazamiento"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "reduction of body mass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "enflaquecimiento"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "reduction of body mass",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pérdida de peso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "reduction of body mass",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "viktminskning"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "reduction of body mass",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "viktförlust"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "reduction of body mass",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "viktnedgång"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "nám-nàk-lót",
      "sense": "reduction of body mass",
      "word": "น้ำหนักลด"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "reduction of body mass",
      "word": "kilo kaybı"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sxúdnennja",
      "sense": "reduction of body mass",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "сху́днення"
    }
  ],
  "word": "weight loss"
}

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