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• body weight

Noun

bodyweight ‎(plural bodyweights)

1. The weight or mass of an organism.
   • 2008 November 12, Sonja B. Hofer, et el., “Experience leaves a lasting structural trace in cortical circuits”, Nature Volume 457 No. 7227, doi:10.1038/nature07487: 

     C57BL/6 mice (postnatal day 45–100) expressing enhanced GFP under the Thy-1 promoter in a small subset of cortical neurons (line GFP-M 18 ) were anaesthetized with an intraperitoneal injection of ketamine (0.14 mg per gram of bodyweight) and xylazine (0.01 mg per gram of bodyweight).

2. A form of physical exercise that employs a person's own weight as resistance to movement