ectomorphic
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ec·to·morph
(ĕk′tə-môrf′)n.
An individual having a lean, slightly muscular body build in which tissues derived from the embryonic ectoderm predominate.
[ecto(derm) + -morph.]
ec′to·mor′phic adj.
ec′to·mor′phy n.
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ec•to•mor•phic
(ˌɛk təˈmɔr fɪk)adj.
having a thin body build, roughly characterized by the relative prominence of structures developed from the embryonic ectoderm (contrasted with endomorphic, mesomorphic).
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| Adj. | 1. | ectomorphic - having a build with little fat or muscle but with long limbs lean, thin - lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare endomorphic, pyknic - having a squat and fleshy build; "a pyknic practical joke" mesomorphic, muscular - having a robust muscular body-build characterized by predominance of structures (bone and muscle and connective tissue) developed from the embryonic mesodermal layer |
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