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ectomorph

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ec·to·morph  (kt-môrf)
n.
An individual having a lean, slightly muscular body build in which tissues derived from the embryonic ectoderm predominate.
[ecto(derm) + -morph.]
ectomorph [ˈɛktəʊˌmɔːf]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) a person with a thin body build: said to be correlated with cerebrotonia Compare endomorph, mesomorph
ectomorphic  adj
ectomorphy  n
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Noun1.ectomorph - a person with a thin body
individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
Translations
ectomorph [ˈektəʊˌmɔːf] N → ectomorfo m
ectomorph
n → ektomorpher Konstitutionstyp


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If you have difficulty gaining weight, then you are probably an ectomorph body type.
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Other materials used included three photographs obtained from magazines, each depicting one of three different body types that can be best described as an endomorph, a mesomorph, and an ectomorph (Sheldon, Stevens, & Tucker, 1940).
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In discussing the three body types today known as Endomorph, Mesomorph, and Ectomorph, Kretschmer (1970) utilized cycloid and schizoid to refer to what his translators would later call temperament.
Reaching all the students: the feedback lecture by Ogden, William R. / Journal of Instructional Psychology
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