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skinfold

noun

Etymology

From skin + fold.

  1. inherited from folde
  2. derived from *pel-✻
  3. inherited from *falþaną✻
  4. inherited from *falþan✻
  5. inherited from fealdan
  6. inherited from folden
  7. compounded as skinfold — “skin + fold”

Definitions

  1. A double layer of skin and the underlying adipose tissue obtained by pinching the skin at…

    A double layer of skin and the underlying adipose tissue obtained by pinching the skin at an appropriate site; the thickness (measured using calipers) gives an estimation of body fat.

The neighborhood

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