ectomorphic

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ek′tə môr′fik)


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ec•to•mor•phic  (ek′tə môr′fik),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Developmental Biology, Physical Anthropologyhaving a thin body build, roughly characterized by the relative prominence of structures developed from the embryonic ectoderm (contrasted with endomorphic, mesomorphic).
  • ecto- + -morphic 1935–40
ec′to•morph′y, n. 

'ectomorphic' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
ectomorph - endomorphic - mesomorphic

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