mesomorph

[ mez-uh-mawrf, mes-, mee-zuh-, -suh- ]

/ ˈmɛz əˌmɔrf, ˈmɛs-, ˈmi zə-, -sə- /

noun

a person of the mesomorphic type.

Nearby words

mesomere, mesomerism, mesometanephric carcinoma, mesometeorology, mesometrium, mesomorph, mesomorphic, meson, mesonephric duct, mesonephric fold, mesonephric ridge

Origin of mesomorph

First recorded in 1935–40; meso- + -morph

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British Dictionary definitions for mesomorph

mesomorph

/ (ˈmɛsəʊˌmɔːf) /

noun

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

mesomorph

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).

Medicine definitions for mesomorph

mesomorph

[ mĕz′ə-môrf′ ]

n.

An individual characterized by a robust muscular body build in which tissues derived from the embryonic mesodermal layer predominate.

Related formsmes′o•mor′phic adj.mes′o•mor′phism null n.