A new definition of obesity could nearly double the prevalence of U.S. adults with the condition, a new study published ...

Oct. 11 -- America may have declared a new war against "terrorism," but it turns out that no one is all that sure just what "terrorism" is. That includes the U.S. government. "No one definition of ...

Social media is calling bluff on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for modifying its definition of the words “vaccine” and “vaccination” on its website. Before the change, the definition ...

Only a true Definition Detective can spot a word’s actual meaning in a sea of fake ones. But fair warning: These are pretty obscure words.

Only a true Definition Detective can spot a word’s actual meaning in a sea of fake ones. But fair warning: These are pretty tough terms.

A review in Current Allergy and Asthma Reports highlights how acute exacerbations of chronic rhinosinusitis (AECRS) remain poorly defined, inconsistently diagnosed, and often overtreated with ...

The definition of literally is no longer the literal definition of literally. Gizmodo has discovered Google’s definition for literally includes this: “Used to acknowledge that something is not ...

On 21 January 2019, Slate published a article headlined “The Trump Administration Quietly Changed the Definition of Domestic Violence and We Have No Idea What For.” That story highlighted significant ...

After years of tweaking the rules, the NFL finally figured out how to properly define a catch. Now, the NFL has made a minor fix to something that was no longer broken. The NFL’s “back of the book” ...

Britain’s Supreme Court ruled that the word “woman” refers to biological sex under the country’s anti-discrimination law, in a blow to trans rights activists. By Lizzie Dearden Reporting from the ...