skin fold thickness

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• skin fold — n. a fold of skin and underlying fat formed by pinching, the thickness of which is a measure of nutritional status …   Useful english dictionary

• Skin neoplasm — Skin cancer Classification and external resources A basal cell carcinoma. Note the pearly appearance and telangiectasia. ICD 10 C …   Wikipedia

• Calipers, skin — Calipers are instruments used to measure the diameter of an object. (The word "calipers" is a corruption of "caliber"). The skin fold thickness in several parts of the body can be measured with calipers, a metal or plastic… …   Medical dictionary

• skin — skinlike, adj. /skin/, n., v., skinned, skinning, adj. n. 1. the external covering or integument of an animal body, esp. when soft and flexible. 2. such an integument stripped from the body of an animal, esp. a small animal; pelt: a beaver skin.… …   Universalium

• skin disease — ▪ pathology Introduction  any of the diseases or disorders that affect the human skin. They have a wide range of causes. General features       Although most diseases affecting the skin originate in the layers of the skin, such abnormalities are… …   Universalium

• nuchal thickness scanning — an ultrasound screening test performed during pregnancy at 10 14 weeks of gestation that looks specifically at the thickness of the skin at the back of the neck (the nuchal fold) of the fetus as an aid to the prenatal diagnosis of chromosomal… …   Medical dictionary

• triceps skinfold (TSF) thickness — a measurement of subcutaneous fat taken by measuring a fold of skin running parallel to the length of the upper limb over the triceps muscle midway between the acromion and olecranon; used as a means of estimating percentage of body fat …   Medical dictionary

• Anthropometry of the upper arm — The anthropometry of the upper arm is a set of measurements of the shape of the upper arms. Large, saggy flaps of skin under the arm are colloquially known as bingo wings,[1] after the phrase was popularised by the comedy television program Bo… …   Wikipedia

• A. Roberto Frisancho — articleissues Cleanup=March 2008 advert=February 2008 orphan=March 2008A. Roberto Frisancho is a human biologist and the Arthur A. Thurnau Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan. He is the 2008 recipient of the Franz Boas… …   Wikipedia

• TST — thermoregulatory sweat test; thiosulfate sulfur transferase; thromboplastin screening test; total sleep time; transforming sequence, thyroid; treadmill stress test; triceps skinfold thickness; tricipital skin fold thickness; tuberculin skin test; …   Medical dictionary

• TST — • thermoregulatory sweat test; • thiosulfate sulfur transferase; • thromboplastin screening test; • total sleep time; • transforming sequence, thyroid; • treadmill stress test; • triceps skinfold thickness; • tricipital skin fold thickness; •… …   Dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations