The word "morbid”Refers to something soft, but has various applications and uses, being especially related to a disease that affects health. In turn, it is linked to the world of art, specifically with a type of painting that refers to human flesh and the feeling of being soft and tender..
The word "morbid" has its origin in the Latin "morbĭdus" and means "sickly". The Royal Spanish Academy defines "morbid" or "morbid" as an adjective for someone who suffers from a disease or something that causes it, although it also points out that something "morbid" is soft, delicate or soft. The word was collected in its dictionary of definitions in 1734.
Other meanings that the RAE does not contemplate, but that are common in everyday popular use, are those that indicate as "morbid" a person who feels sad, morally unbalanced or who causes problems.
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This is the one that is painted on canvas or other support and whose protagonists are people whose figures or flesh seem to be soft and soft and who, thanks to the excellence of the artist, give that feeling of being appreciable with the touch.
It should be noted that many years ago, this type of portraits or paintings were very common, since the standards of beauty and health of that time were curvy bodies with a few extra kilos. Something contrary to what happens today, where it rewards the slim, thin or careful, being athletes or runway models an example of this..
Another curious fact about contemporary morbid art is that in Mexico there is the "Morbid Film Fest", created in 2008 under the initiative of producer Pablo Guisa Koestinger, which brings together the best of horror and fantasy films from that country.
Obesity is the excess of body fat related to the height and length of a person. In the case of morbid obesity, it occurs when the imbalance in a person's weight is so great that their health begins to deteriorate considerably, putting their life at risk.
Health professionals report that a person suffers from morbid obesity when:
- You are overweight greater than 45 kilos of the appropriate weight.
- Your body mass index (BMI) is over 40.
Morbid obesity is more common than is believed, killing about 400,000 people a year. It is one of the main cause of death in adults along with cancer, smoking or cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases.
Some of the disorders associated with morbid obesity are diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular or cerebral complications, different types of cancer (most commonly those of the breast or colon), depression (decreased oxygen in the blood) and osteoarthritis, mainly of the spine. vertebral.
Some words that mean the same as "morbid" are "flabby", "soft", "fluffy", "silky", "soft", "loose", "flabby", "brittle", "breakable", "brittle" , "Malleable", "fat", "thick", "plump", "plump", "chubby", "chubby", "chubby", "obese", "unhealthy", "unpleasant", "hideous", " grotesque "or" sick ".
Meanwhile, the words that mean the opposite of "morbid" are "lean", "hard", "rigid", "fibrous", "rough", "slender", "thin", "healthy", "healthy", "Firm", "healthy", "well-being", "benevolent", "skinny", "restless", "consumed", "haggard", "vigorous", "strong", "energetic" or "resistant".
-“My brother hasn't stopped eating for a long time. So much so that he has already become morbidly obese ".
-"Yesterday I bought these peaches in the supermarket and they are already too morbid".
-“Morbid bodies were synonymous with beauty and healthy well-being in the baroque period. The opposite of today ".
-"The interior of the car is specially treated with noble materials to the touch, which enhance its morbidity".
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