bodyweight

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bodyweight

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From body + weight.

noun bodyweights · body weight

  1. countable, uncountable The weight or mass of an organism. C57BL/6 mice (postnatal day 45–100) expressing enhanced GFP under the Thy-1 promoter in a small subset of cortical neurons (line GFP-M 18 ) were anaesthetized with an intraperitoneal injection of ketamine (0.14 mg per gram of bodyweight) and xylazine (0.01 mg per gram of bodyweight).

adjective body weight

  1. not comparable Employing (only) a person's own weight as resistance to movement for the purpose of physical exercise. Without access to a gym, Steve focused on bodyweight work.

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noun weight of an organism

Españolpeso del cuerpo
日本語体重 taijū
中文體重 /体重 tǐzhòng
Françaispoids du corps
Italianopeso corporeo

adj employing only a person's own weight

中文自重的 zìzhòng de
Françaisau poids du corps
Deutscheigengewicht-
Italianoa corpo libero
Русскийтеле́сно-весово́й telésno-vesovój

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@misc{bodyweight_2026,
  title = {bodyweight},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bodyweight},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}