infectobesity

infectobesity
 n.โ€” ยซDhurandar found that AD-36 causes obesity in chickens and rats, and that some obese people also carry this virus. (He coined the term “infectobesity.”)ยป โ€”โ€œPossible Virus X….?” by Melissa Wenner She Blinded Me With Science! (New York City) Feb. 22, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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