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endomorph [′en·də‚mȯrf] (psychology) A somatotype suggested by W.H. Sheldon to describe a person with a rounded physique; associated with viscerotonia. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Other materials used included three photographs obtained from magazines, each depicting one of three different body types that can be best described as an endomorph, a mesomorph, and an ectomorph (Sheldon, Stevens, & Tucker, 1940). In discussing the three body types today known as Endomorph, Mesomorph, and Ectomorph, Kretschmer (1970) utilized cycloid and schizoid to refer to what his translators would later call temperament. As (ectotherms, endomorphs, exoskeletons), frogs' body (temperature, mass, flexibility) depends on external temperature. |
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