diabesity
n.— «As a specialist in diabetes, Mastbaum may be more likely than some doctors to see heavier patients. But as one who treats the sometimes-deadly complications of the illness, he also knows that such patients are risking their health. For that condition, Mastbaum and his medical colleagues have coined another term—”diabesity.”» —“State’s obesity angers physician” by Rosa Salter Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne, Ind.) Nov. 14, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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