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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
body + weight
Noun
bodyweight (countable and uncountable, plural bodyweights)
- The weight or mass of an organism.
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- 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).
Translations
Adjective
bodyweight (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.
- As a warmup, Jennifer did ten bodyweight squats.
Translations
employing only a person's own weight