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noun
- a mineral enclosed within another mineral.Compare perimorph.
- a person of the endomorphic type.
noun
- a person with a fat and heavy body build: said to be correlated with viscerotoniaCompare ectomorph, mesomorph
- a mineral that naturally occurs enclosed within another mineral, as within quartz
1940 as one of W.H. Sheldon’s three types of human bodies, from endo- + Greek morphe “form” (see Morpheus). Related: Endomorphic.
n.
- An individual having a body build characterized by relative prominence of the abdomen and other soft body parts developed from the embryonic endodermal layer.