- ectomorphy
- ec·to·mor·phy (ekґto-mor″fe) the condition of being an ectomorph.
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ectomorphy
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ectomorphy — See ectomorphic. * * * … Universalium
ectomorphy — ec·to·mor·phy … English syllables
ectomorphy — noun slender, weak, and lightweight • Syn: ↑asthenic type • Hypernyms: ↑body type, ↑somatotype * * * noun see ectomorphic * * * ecˈtomorphy noun • • • … Useful english dictionary
ectomorphic — ectomorphy, n. /ek teuh mawr fik/, adj. having a thin body build, roughly characterized by the relative prominence of structures developed from the embryonic ectoderm (contrasted with endomorphic, mesomorphic). [1935 40; ECTO + MORPHIC] * * * … Universalium
Somatotype and constitutional psychology — Constitutional psychology is a theory, developed in the 1940s by American psychologist William Herbert Sheldon, associating body types with human temperament types. Sheldon proposed that the human physique be classed according to the relative… … Wikipedia
Somatotype and Constitutional Psychology — Constitutional psychology is a theory, developed in the 1940s by American psychologist William Herbert Sheldon, associating body types with human temperament types. Sheldon proposed that the human physique be classed according to the relative… … Wikipedia
Эктоморфный, Астеничный (Ectomorphic) — данный термин используется для описания специфического типа телосложения. Люди, имеющие такое телосложение, обычно худые, имеют высокий рост и большую площадь поверхности кожи по сравнению с весом. Эктоморф (ectomorph). Эктоморфия (ectomorphy).… … Медицинские термины
ectomorph — /ek teuh mawrf /, n. a person of the ectomorphic type. [1935 40; ECTO + MORPH] * * * ▪ body type a human physical type (somatotype) tending toward linearity, as determined by the physique classification system developed by the American… … Universalium
mesomorph — /mez euh mawrf , mes , mee zeuh , seuh /, n. a person of the mesomorphic type. [1935 40; MESO + MORPH] * * * ▪ physique classification a human physical type (soma totype) that is marked by greater than average muscular development, as… … Universalium
somatotype — /seuh mat euh tuyp , soh meuh teuh /, n. (of humans) physical type; physique. [1935 40; SOMATO + TYPE] * * * ▪ physiology human body shape and physique type. The term somatotype is used in the system of classification of human physical… … Universalium
