anti-fatadj.n.
A. adj.
That counteracts the formation, or reduces the amount, of fat.
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the world > food and drink > food > diet > [adjective] > anti-fat
non-fattening1883
anti-fat1886
1886 Chambers's Jrnl. 3 46/1 He must feed on either locusts or grasshoppers, which are both supposed to be anti-fat diet.
B. n.
(Disused.) A substance used to counteract obesity.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > medicines used to affect nutrition > [noun] > anti-fat preparations
extenuative1818
anti-fat1882
starch blocker1981
orlistat1992
1882 R. Bentley Man. Bot. (ed. 4) ii. iii. 746 This Alga..is the essential constituent in the nostrum termed Anti-Fat.
1909 Brit. Med. Assoc., Secret Remedies ix. 92 Anti-Fat..acts solely upon the food in the stomach.
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adj.n.1882