body weight

collocation in English

meaningsofbodyandweight

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body
noun
uk
/ˈbɒd.i/us
/ˈbɑː.di/
the whole physical structure that forms a person ...
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weight
noun
uk
/weɪt/us
/weɪt/
the amount that something or ...
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(Definition ofbodyandweightfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbody weight

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Fish were fed a ration of 8 %bodyweightper day.
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The results of this selection are lines very divergent forbodyweight.
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A good correlation was observed between host survival and changes inbodyweightgain (fig. 5).
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Correlated responses in male reproductive traits in mice selected for litter size andbodyweight.
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Testicular activity in mice selected for increasedbodyweight.
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The model appropriately explains experimentally observed time courses ofbodyweightgain in chickens (fig. 3).
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The amount of secretion is substantial, averaging approximately 2 % of tickbodyweight.
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The ' wing ' selection lines were scored for wing area, cell area,bodyweightand thorax length.
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The genetic basis of response in mouse lines divergently selected forbodyweightor fat content.
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In the case of bone-marrowbodyweightwas used as a relative weighing factor.
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The role of growth hormone in lines of mice divergently selected onbodyweight.
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Adjusted by covariance analysis forbodyweightat 12 weeks of age.
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Several growth traits were measured, includingbodyweightat various ages.
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The patient at that time had abodyweightof 6500g.
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A worked example for mousebodyweightgrowth illustrates the usefulness of model.
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At dissection of voles,bodyweightand length were recorded.
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Bodyweightwas recorded again before collection of the last blood samples.
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Also, there were no significant differences inbodyweightgains between groups (data not presented).
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The percentage of melanization and its relationship withbodyweightwas compared.
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