Meaning

2 senses
  1. Someone with a lean, only slightly muscular body

    эктомо́рфektomórf

  2. Theoretical body type in which a person has a high metabolism. Such a person can easily maintain a low fat physique, but does not add muscle or body weight easily.

More definitions
  • a person with a thin body

Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
someone with a lean body:

Origin

Derived from ectoderm + -morph from William Herbert Sheldon. Equivalent to ecto- + -morph.

Derived from ectoderm + -morph from William Herbert Sheldon. Equivalent to ecto- + -morph.

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Forms

plural: ectomorphs
Singularectomorph
Pluralectomorphs

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
ectomorph — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto