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body weight

body weight is the alternative form of bodyweight.

Meaning of bodyweight

Noun

bodyweight (countable and uncountable, plural bodyweights)

  1. 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).2008 November 12, Sonja B. Hofer, et el., “Experience leaves a lasting structural trace in cortical circuits”, Nature Volume 457 No. 7227, doi:10.1038/nature07487

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Forms of body weight

pluralbody weights

Questions about body weight

What is body weight the alternative form of?
Body weight is the alternative form of bodyweight.

Words near body weight in the dictionary

  1. body types
  2. body wash
  3. body washes
  4. body wave
  5. body waves
  6. body weight
  7. body weights
  8. body wire
  9. body wires
  10. body wrap
  11. body wraps

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