endomorph /en·do·morph/ (en´do-morf) an individual having the type of body build in which endodermal tissues predominate: soft roundness throughout, large digestive viscera, fat accumulations, large trunk and thighs, and tapering limbs.
endomorph
endomorph [en´do-morf]
endomorph,
en·do·morph ( n d -môrf )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. en do·morphic adj.en do·morphy n. |
endomorph
[en′dəmôrf′]
Etymology: Gk, endon + morphe, form
endomorph [en´do-morf]
an individual having a type of body build in which endodermal tissues predominate: there is relative preponderance of soft roundness throughout the body, with large digestive viscera and fat accumulations, and with large trunk and thighs and tapering extremities.
endomorph,
n one of the three somatotypes described by WH Sheldon, characterized by a round, smoothly contoured, soft body with the body mass concentrated in the abdomen and chest. See also somatotype.
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