pyknic in English

adjective
1
of, relating to, or denoting a stocky physique with a rounded body and head, thickset trunk, and a tendency to be fat.
One's physical or bodily shape can be classified into the pyknic type, the muscular type and the intermediate type.
adjective

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1. Both guides are small and of non-athletic physical constitution: pyknic in the case of the ‘dark’ guide; Asthenic in the case of the ‘white’ one

2. …a frail, rather weak (Asthenic) body build as well as a muscular (athletic) physique were frequently characteristic of schizophrenic patients, while a short, rotund (pyknic) build was often found among manic-depressive patients

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