triceps skinfold (TSF) thickness

triceps skinfold (TSF) thickness
a measurement of subcutaneous fat taken by measuring a fold of skin running parallel to the length of the upper limb over the triceps muscle midway between the acromion and olecranon; used as a means of estimating percentage of body fat.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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