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ectomorphy

  • a word derived from ectomorph.
    ectomorph
    noun
    a person of the ectomorphic type.
  • a word derived from ectomorphic.
    ectomorphic
    adjective
    having a thin body build, roughly characterized by the relative prominence of structures developed from the embryonic ectoderm (contrasted with endomorphic, mesomorphic).

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Endomorphy gets the first digit in the type number, mesomorphy the second, ectomorphy the third.

From Time Magazine Archive

Accordingly, the Fijians are primarily and definitely mesomorphic, with endomorphy the second strongest component, and ectomorphy, third.

From A Racial Study of the Fijians by Norman E. Gabel

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