endomorph

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈɛndəʊˌmɔːf/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(en′də môrf′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
en•do•morph  (en′də môrf′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Mineralogya mineral enclosed within another mineral. Cf. perimorph.
  2. Physical Anthropologya person of the endomorphic type.
  • endo- + -morph 1880–85

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
endomorph /ˈɛndəʊˌmɔːf/ n
  1. a person with a fat and heavy body build: said to be correlated with viscerotonia
    Compare ectomorph, mesomorph
  2. a mineral that naturally occurs enclosed within another mineral, as within quartz
ˌendoˈmorphic adj ˈendoˌmorphy n
'endomorph' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
ectomorph - mesomorph - somatotype - endomorphic - endomorphism - perimorph

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