mesomorph









mesomorph


noun

  1. a person of the mesomorphic type.

noun

  1. a person with a muscular body build: said to be correlated with somatotoniaCompare ectomorph, endomorph (def. 1)

n.1940, from meso- + Greek morphe “form” (see Morpheus). Coined by W.H. Shelton; the reference is to the mesodermal layer of the embryo. Related: Mesomorphic (attested from 1923 in chemistry). n.

  1. An individual characterized by a robust muscular body build in which tissues derived from the embryonic mesodermal layer predominate.
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