somatotype

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A particular type of physique; originally, one of the types defined by William Herbert Sheldon: ectomorphic, endomorphic, mesomorphic.
verb
  1. To classify (a person) by physical build.

Word forms

somatotype somatotypes somatotyping somatotyped

Etymology

From somato- + -type.

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