"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 (intentional) (Chinese Mandarin), 减肥 (jiǎnféi) (Chinese Mandarin), 體重下降 (unintentional) (Chinese Mandarin), 体重下降 (tǐzhòng xiàjiàng) (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), 체중감량 (chejunggamnyang) (Korean), vekttap [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), vekttap [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), odchudzanie [neuter] (Polish), perda de peso [feminine] (Portuguese), похуде́ние (poxudénije) [neuter] (Russian), adelgazamiento [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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