endomorph

[ en-duh-mawrf ]

noun

a mineral enclosed within another mineral.: Compare perimorph.
a person of the endomorphic type.

Origin of endomorph

First recorded in 1880–85; endo- + -morph

Words Nearby endomorph

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How to use endomorph in a sentence

endomorph, en′do-morf, n. a mineral enclosed within another mineral, the latter being termed a perimorph.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) | Various
endomorph, a term applied to crystals of minerals enclosed in those of other minerals.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia | Various

British Dictionary definitions for endomorph

endomorph

/ (ˈɛndəʊˌmɔːf) /

noun

a person with a fat and heavy body build: said to be correlated with viscerotonia: Compare ectomorph, mesomorph
a mineral that naturally occurs enclosed within another mineral, as within quartz

Derived forms of endomorph

endomorphic, adjective
endomorphy, noun

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