English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
gracilize + -ation
Pronunciation[edit]
gracilization (uncountable)
- (anthropology) A reduction of bone mass as the result of evolution.
2002, Peter S. Ungar, Mark Franklyn Teaford, Human Diet: Its Origin and Evolution, →ISBN, page 28:The last ten thousand years have witnessed a gracilization of the human cranium — and masticatory complex, in particular.
