- pyknic type
- nounround, fat, and heavy• Syn: ↑endomorphy• Hypernyms: ↑body type, ↑somatotype
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pyknic — /pik nik/, Psychol. adj. 1. (of a physical type) having a fat, rounded build or body structure. Cf. asthenic (def. 2), athletic (def. 5). n. 2. a person of the pyknic type. [1920 25; < Gk pykn(ós) thick + IC] * * * … Universalium
pyknic — pyk•nic [[t]ˈpɪk nɪk[/t]] adj. 1) phl (of a physical type) having a fat, rounded build or body structure 2) phl a person of the pyknic type • Etymology: 1920–25; < Gk pykn(ós) thick + ic … From formal English to slang
pyknic — /ˈpɪknɪk/ (say piknik) adjective 1. (of a physical type) characterised by stocky build, with a large chest and abdomen, and a tendency to obesity. –noun 2. a person of the pyknic type. {Greek pyknos thick + ic} …
pyknic — Denoting a constitutional body type characterized by well rounded external contours and ample body cavities; virtually synonymous with endomorphic. [G. pyknos, thick] * * * pyk·nic also pyc·nic pik nik adj characterized by shortness of stature,… … Medical dictionary
pyknic — adj. & n. (also pycnic) Anthropol. adj. characterized by a thick neck, large abdomen, and relatively short limbs. n. a person of this bodily type. Etymology: Gk puknos thick … Useful english dictionary
body type — noun a category of physique • Syn: ↑somatotype • Hypernyms: ↑physique, ↑build, ↑body build, ↑habitus • Hyponyms: ↑asthenic type, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Kretschmer, Ernst — born Oct. 8, 1888, Wüstenrot, Ger. died Feb. 8, 1964, Tübingen, W.Ger. German psychiatrist. In his best known work, Physique and Character (1921), he attempted to correlate body build and physical constitution with character and mental illness,… … Universalium
endomorphy — noun round, fat, and heavy • Syn: ↑pyknic type • Hypernyms: ↑body type, ↑somatotype * * * noun see endomorphic * * * endomorphˈy noun • • • … Useful english dictionary
Manic-Depressive Illness — (Bipolar Disorder) Before 1850, numerous physicians had commented on the alternation of mania and melancholia. In 1844, Karl Wigand Maximilian Jacobi (1775–1858), chief physician of Siegburg asylum in Germany, noted that Exaltation and… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
Moral insanity — (insanity without hallucinations or delusions). See Prichard, James Cowles (1835). Distinction between momentary symptom picture and underlying disease process in psychiatry (1844). To some extent, physicians have always been aware that the … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
