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BMI
abbr.
body mass index
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BMI
abbreviation for
1. (Medicine) body mass index
2. (Broadcasting) Broadcast Music Incorporated
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Noun | 1. | BMI - a measure of someone's weight in relation to height; to calculate one's BMI, multiply one's weight in pounds and divide that by the square of one's height in inches; overweight is a BMI greater than 25; obese is a BMI greater than 30 index number, indicator, index, indicant - a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time |
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BMI
[ˌbiːɛmˈaɪ] n abbr (=body mass index) → IMC mCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
BMI
abbr body mass index. V. index.English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.