STEATOPYGIA


Meaning of STEATOPYGIA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌstē-a-tə-ˈpi-j(ē-)ə, -ˈpī- ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, from steat-, stear + Greek pygē buttocks

Date: 1879

: an excessive development of fat on the buttocks that occurs especially among women of the Hottentots and some black peoples

• ste·a·to·py·gous -gəs or ste·a·to·py·gic ˌstē-ə-ˈtä-pə-jik, -tə-ˈpī-jik adjective

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