endomorph

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After examining over 4,000 people he came up with a classification that divided the human race into three broad categories: the endomorph or rolypoly, the mesomorph or bone and muscle, and the ectomorph or string-bean type.

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  1. noun A mineral enclosed within another mineral, such as rutile or tourmaline in quartz.
  2. noun An individual characterized by relative prominence of the abdomen and other soft body parts developed from the embryonic endodermal layer.

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  • After examining over 4,000 people he came up with a classification that divided the human race into three broad categories: the endomorph or rolypoly, the mesomorph or bone and muscle, and the ectomorph or string-bean type. —  Modern Mechanix
  • This is fundamental - like conservative or liberal, Yankee or Met, introvert or extrovert, ecto -, meso -, or endomorph. —  National Review Online
  • As we all know there are 3 body types: mesomorphs, ectomorph and endomorph. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • If you are an endomorph and you want to lose fat then you have to work very hard. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • If you are an endomorph then high levels of activity, discipline and some kind of a carbohydrate restriction and high protein diet is necessary. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
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  1. endo(derm) + -morph.

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  1. from Greek ἒνδον, within, + μορφή, form.
 

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/ˈɛndəmɔrf/
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