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mesomorph

[mez-uh-mawrf, mes-, mee-zuh-, -suh-]
noun
  1. a person of the mesomorphic type.
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Origin of mesomorph

First recorded in 1935–40; meso- + -morph
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British Dictionary definitions for mesomorph

mesomorph

noun
  1. a person with a muscular body build: said to be correlated with somatotoniaCompare ectomorph, endomorph (def. 1)
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Word Origin and History for mesomorph

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).

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mesomorph in Medicine

mesomorph

(mĕz′ə-môrf′)
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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Related formsmes′o•mor′phic adj.mes′o•mor′phism null n.
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