Ectomorph

//ˈɛktəʊmɔːf// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone with a lean, only slightly muscular body

    "Also there was a woman I hadn't met, a chain-smoking French ectomorph whose job it was to make sense of records of public spending in the Ministry of Finance."

  2. 2
    a person with a thin body wordnet
  3. 3
    Theoretical body type in which a person has a high metabolism. Such a person can easily maintain a low fat physique, but does not add muscle or body weight easily.

    "The ectomorph body type is characterized by narrow shoulders and hips and a lean build. Its naturally fast metabolism makes it easy for ectomorphs to lose or maintain body fat levels but more difficult to build muscle."

Etymology

Derived from ectoderm + -morph from William Herbert Sheldon. Equivalent to ecto- + -morph.

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