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manikin
[man-i-kin]
noun
a little man; dwarf; pygmy.
a model of the human body for teaching anatomy, demonstrating surgical operations, etc.
manikin
/ ˈæɪɪ /
noun
a little man; dwarf or child
an anatomical model of the body or a part of the body, esp for use in medical or art instruction
Also called: phantom.an anatomical model of a fully developed fetus, for use in teaching midwifery or obstetrics
variant spellings of mannequin
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of manikin1
Example Sentences
One of them is a human-sized model, called a “manikin”.
ASU’s manikin is the first that can be used outdoors thanks to a unique, internal cooling channel.
"The Turk" was a chess board which was placed next to a clothed manikin.
Because this is a test flight, no astronauts are on board this time - instead three manikins, covered in thousands of sensors, are making the journey.
Sitting atop the rocket is the Orion spacecraft which, for this first mission, is uncrewed but is equipped with a 'manikin' which will register the impacts of the flight on the human body.
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