Sentence:  He has measured the skinfolds ( the fleshy areas under the shoulder blades ) of Neapolitan firemen , <WSD>studied</WSD> the metabolism of Finnish woodcutters , analyzed the `` mealie-meal '' eaten by Capetown coloreds , and experimented on Minneapolis businessmen . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning