1. weight-bearing - Noun
2. weight-bearing - Adjective
weight-bearing (uncountable)
The ability to bear weight.
weight-bearing (not comparable)
That bears weight
Weight-bearing exercise builds bone density, builds your muscular strength so that you can hold your body up where those bones have a tendency to get weak. Ann Richards
Brick and concrete block are the most common types of masonry in use in industrialized nations and may be either weight-bearing or a veneer. Source: Internet
Because the base is deeply affixed to the chest, the weight of the breast is distributed over a greater area, and so reduces the weight-bearing strain upon the chest, shoulder, and back muscles that bear the weight of the bust. Source: Internet
But about 5.6 million people in the U.S. get a subtype that strikes faster — post-traumatic osteoarthritis that’s sparked by injuries to weight-bearing joints. Source: Internet
Hormonal factors strongly determine the rate of bone resorption; lack of estrogen (e.g. as a result of menopause) increases bone resorption, as well as decreasing the deposition of new bone that normally takes place in weight-bearing bones. Source: Internet
In the weight-bearing leg it acts similar to the tibialis anterior. Source: Internet