Organism Attribute
body composition
bod·y com·po·si·tion
Subclass of:
Body Constitution;
Metabolism
Definitions related to body composition:
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Relative amounts of various components in the body, such as percent body fat.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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The relative amounts of various components in the body, such as percentage of body fat.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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