gracilization
/ˌɡras(ə)lʌɪˈzeɪʃn/ /ˌɡrasɪlʌɪˈzeɪʃn/(also gracilisation) Chiefly Physical Anthropol.
noun
The (evolutionary) process of becoming thinner or more gracile.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. From gracile + -ization, after Russian gracilizacija.
- ionospheric
- ionospherically
- ionosphericist
- ionospherist
- ionotropic
- ionotropy
- ion pair
- ion propulsion
- ion pump
- ion rocket
- ion-selective
- ion source
- ion spot
- ion tail
- iontophoresis
- ion transport
- ion trap
- IOOF
- iophendylate
- -ior
- iora
- I (or he etc.) will try anything once
- I (or he, she, etc.) cannot (or could not) say
- I (or he, she, etc.) can't win
- I (or he, she, etc.) couldn't (informal also could) care less