(anthropology) A reduction of bone mass as the result of evolution.

(also figuratively) Lean, slender, thin. / (chiefly zoology, anthropology, paleontology) Of an animal or skeletal element: having a slender frame. / Graceful or gracefully slender.

plural of gracilis

(often anatomy, botany, zoology) The property or condition of being gracile.

present participle of gracilize

simple past tense and past participle of gracilize

(anthropology) Exhibiting a reduction in bone mass as the result of evolution.

(anthropology) To exhibit a reduction in bone mass due to the process of evolution.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gracilize

plural of gracility