ECTOMORPHIC

Meaning of ECTOMORPHIC in English

adjective Etymology: ectoderm + -morphic; from the predominance in such types of structures developed from the ectoderm Date: 1940 of or relating to the component in W. H. Sheldon's classification of body types that measures the body's degree of slenderness, angularity, and fragility, characterized by a lean slender body build with slight muscular development

Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012

ECTOMORPHIC — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|mȯrfik adjective Etymology: ecto derm + -morphic : characterized by predominance of the structures developed from the ectodermal layer of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ECTOMORPHIC — — ectomorphy , n. /ek'teuh mawr"fik/ , adj. having a thin body build, roughly characterized by the relative prominence of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ECTOMORPHIC — adjective Etymology: ecto derm + -morphic; from the predominance in such types of structures developed from the ectoderm Date: 1940 …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ECTOMORPHIC — [ec.to.mor.phic] adj [ectoderm + -morphic; fr. the predominance in such types of structures developed from the ectoderm] (1940) 1: of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ECTOMORPHIC — ectomorphic BrE AmE ˌekt ə ʊ ˈmɔːf ɪk ◂ AmE \ -ə ˈmɔːrf-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ECTOMORPHIC — Pronunciation: ˌ ek-t ə - ' mo ̇ r-fik Function: adjective Etymology: ecto derm + -morphic; from the predominance in …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
ASTHENIC — adjective Date: 1789 of, relating to, or exhibiting asthenia ; weak , ectomorphic 2
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ECTOMORPHY — noun see ectomorphic
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SOMATOTYPE — I. ˈsōməd.əˌtīp, səˈmad.əˌ- noun Etymology: somat- + type 1. : body type : physique 2. : one of the types …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LONGITUDINAL — I. |länjə|tüd ə nəl, -ə.tyü- adjective Etymology: French, from Middle French, from Latin longitudin-, longitudo longitude + Middle French -al …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LINEAR — I. ˈlinēə(r) adjective Etymology: Latin linearis, from linea line + -aris -ar 1. a. : of or relating to a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LEPTOSOME — I. -ˌsōm adjective also lep·to·so·mat·ic | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷_sō|mad.ik ; or lep·to·som·ic -|sōmik Etymology: leptosome from German leptosom, from lepto- lept- + -som …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MICROSPLANCHNIC — |mīkrō+ adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary micr- + splanchnic; originally formed as Italian microsplàncnico : ectomorphic — opposed to macrosplanchnic …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MESOMORPHIC — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|mȯrfik adjective 1. also meso·mor·phous -fəs [ mesomorphic from mes- + -morphic; mesomorphous from mesomorph ic + -ous ] : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HYPERONTOMORPH — |hīpə|räntəˌmȯrf noun ( -s ) Etymology: hyper- + ont- + -morph : an ectomorphic body type or individual — opposed …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ENDOMORPHIC — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|mȯrfik adjective Etymology: end- + -morphic 1. a. : of or relating to an endomorph b. : of, relating to, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ECTOMORPH — ˈektəˌmȯrf noun ( -s ) Etymology: ecto derm + -morph : an ectomorphic individual
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOLICHOMORPHIC — |dälə̇kō|mȯrfik, -lēk- adjective Etymology: dolich- + -morphic : ectomorphic , asthenic — opposed to brachymorphic • dol·i·cho·mor·phy ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌmȯrfē noun -es
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CONSTITUTIONAL TYPE — noun : bodily habitus or makeup — used especially in coordinating bodily proportions with factors concerned in normal or abnormal …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CEREBROTONIA — “+ˈtōnēə noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin, from cerebr- + -tonia : a pattern of temperament typical of the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CARNIVOROUS — (ˈ)kär|niv(ə)rəs, -ȧ|n- adjective Etymology: Latin carnivorus, from carni- (from carn-, caro flesh) + -vorus -vorous — more at carnal 1. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ASTHENIC — (ˈ)as|thenik, əsˈth- adjective Etymology: from Greek asthenikos, from astheneia + -ikos -ic 1. : belonging to or characterized by asthenia …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MESOMORPHIC — — mesomorphism , n. — mesomorphy , n. /mez'euh mawr"fik, mes'-, mee'zeuh-, -seuh-/ , adj. 1. pertaining to or having …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ENDOMORPHIC — — endomorphy , n. /en'deuh mawr"fik/ , adj. 1. Mineral. a. occurring in the form of an endomorph. b. of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ECTOMORPH — /ek"teuh mawrf'/ , n. a person of the ectomorphic type. [ 1935-40; ECTO- + -MORPH ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ECTOMORPH — noun Etymology: ecto derm + -morph Date: 1940 : an ectomorphic individual
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ASTHENIC — adjective Date: 1789 1. : of, relating to, or exhibiting asthenia : weak 2. : ectomorphic 2
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SOMATOTYPE — ■ noun a category to which people are assigned according to their bodily physique (usually endomorphic, mesomorphic, or ectomorphic). Derivatives …
Concise Oxford English vocab
LEPTOSOME — [lep.to.some] adj [G Leptosom, fr. Gk leptos + soma body] (1931): ectomorphic -- leptosome n
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ECTOMORPH — [ec.to.morph] n [ectoderm + -morph] (1940): an ectomorphic individual
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ASTHENIC — [as.then.ic] adj (1789) 1: of, relating to, or exhibiting asthenia: weak 2: ectomorphic 2.
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SOMATOTYPE — human body shape and physique type. The term somatotype is used in the system of classification of human physical types …
Britannica English vocabulary

Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster

← ECTOMORPH ECTOPARASITE→