pyknic

• Adjetivo obsoleto usado na antropologia física do início do século XX para descrever um tipo de constituição corporal caracterizada por uma figura arredondada e atarracada, com tendência à obesidade.

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

   • 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.

   Sinônimosendomorphicsquatstockystoutthickset

   Antônimosasthenicectomorphic