Lexic.us

Definition of Manikin

1. Noun. A person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal.

2. Noun. A woman who wears clothes to display fashions. "She was too fat to be a mannequin"

3. Noun. A life-size dummy used to display clothes.

Definition of Manikin

1. n. A little man; a dwarf; a pygmy; a manakin.

Definition of Manikin

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of mannequin) ¹

2. Noun. a short person ¹

3. Noun. a life-size anatomical model used as a teaching aid ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Manikin

1. an anatomical model of the human body [n -S]

Medical Definition of Manikin

1. A model, especially one with removable pieces, of the human body or any of its parts. See: phantom. Origin: dim. Of man (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Manikin

manifestolike manifestos manifests manifold manifold paper manifolded manifolding manifoldly manifoldness manifoldnesses

manifolds maniform manihoc manihocs manihots manikin (current term) manikins manila maguey manila paper manila tamarind

manilas manilla manilla paper manillas manille manilles manimals maniness maninose

Literary usage of Manikin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1920)
"To overcome some of these difficulties, we have devised a table which is used as a support for the manikin at the time of demonstration, ..."

2. The Art of Taxidermy by John Rowley (1898)
"The details are of course governed by the length of hair upon the skin which is to clothe the manikin, it being obviously unnecessary to reproduce every ..."

3. A Scale of performance tests by Rudolf Pintner, Donald Gildersleeve Paterson (1917)
"A score of 0 is made by some Score Age° 2 TABLE 16. THE manikin TEST. SCORE. taar 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 GRAPH 21.—The manikin Test. ..."

4. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1890)
"A custom prevails among them at chrysanthemum-time of covering human Flo. 3.—JAPANESE manikin», PLASTERED AND DRESSED m ..."

5. Things Chinese: Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with China by James Dyer Ball (1893)
"'The operator has a manikin full of holes, and by close study of this he learns where to drive his needle.' the needle being 'driven into parts of the body ..."

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