MESOMORPH


Meaning of MESOMORPH in English

/ ˈmezəmɔːf; ˈmiːz-; NAmE -mɔːrf/ noun

( biology ) a person whose natural body shape is neither thin nor fat, with quite a lot of muscle

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WORD ORIGIN

1920s: meso- from mesodermal (being the layer of the embryo giving rise to physical characteristics which predominate) + -morph .

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