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MESOMORPHY

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mes⋅o⋅mor⋅phic

  [mez-uh-mawr-fik, mes-, mee-zuh-, -suh-]
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–adjective
1. pertaining to or having a muscular or sturdy body build characterized by the relative prominence of structures developed from the embryonic mesoderm (contrasted with ectomorphic, endomorphic ).
2. Physical Chemistry. pertaining to or existing in an intermediate state, as a liquid crystal in the nematic or smectic state.
Origin:
1920–25; meso- + -morphic

Related forms:
mes⋅o⋅mor⋅phism, noun
mes⋅o⋅mor⋅phy, noun
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mes·o·mor·phic   (měz'ə-môr'fĭk, měs'-)   
adj.  

  1. also mes·o·mor·phous (-môr'fəs) Of, relating to, or existing in a state of matter intermediate between liquid and crystal.

  2. Of or relating to a mesomorph.

mes'o·mor'phism, mes'o·mor'phy n.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: me·so·mor·phic
Pronunciation: "mez-&-'mor-fik, "mEz-, "mEs-, "mes-
Function: adjective
1 also me·so·mor·phous /-f&s/ : relating to, existing in, or being an intermediate state (as of a semicrystalline condition characteristic of liquidcrystals) —compare NEMATIC, SMECTIC
2a : of or relating to the component in W. H. Sheldon's classification of body types that measures especially the degree of muscularity and bone development b : having ahusky muscular body build —compare ECTOMORPHIC 2 ENDOMORPHIC 2

Main Entry: me·so·mor·phy
Pronunciation: 'mez-&-"mor-fE, 'mEz-
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -phies
: amesomorphic body build or type
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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