pyknic

• Adjetivo obsoleto usado en la antropología física de principios del siglo XX para describir un tipo de constitución corporal caracterizado por una figura redondeada y rechoncha, con tendencia a la obesidad.

An obsolete adjective used in early 20th-century physical anthropology to describe a body type characterized by a rounded, stocky build with a tendency toward fatness.

1. Body type classificationC2formal

   Having a stocky, broad, and rounded physique with a tendency to gain weight.

   Pícnico (constitución corporal)

   • The pyknic body type is often associated with a jovial personality.
   • In his medical notes, the doctor described the patient as having a pyknic build.
   • Pyknic individuals may have a higher risk for certain metabolic conditions.

   Sinónimosendomorphicsquatstockystoutthickset

   Antónimosasthenicectomorphic