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the interdisciplinary study of changes in the biopsychosocial dimensions of individuals over their lifespan and into successive generations.

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mesosomatic

mesosomatic

adj. denoting an individual whose body build is within one standard deviation of the mean after scores for height and chest measurements have been multiplied (see body-build index).