Meaning & use
endomorphic
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Meanings
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Having a soft, rounded body build with a tendency to store fat, according to an old theory of body types.
Grammar: Used before a noun or after be: an endomorphic build; he is endomorphic.
Patterns
- an endomorphic build
- an endomorphic body type
The textbook described an endomorphic body type as soft and rounded.
He was classed as endomorphic in the old fitness chart.
Trainers once believed an endomorphic build needed a different diet.
adjectivebefore a nountechnicalspecialist
In geology, describing the changes that happen inside a body of igneous rock when it absorbs surrounding rock.
Grammar: Used before a noun: endomorphic alteration.
Patterns
- endomorphic effects
Geologists studied the endomorphic changes at the edge of the granite.
The rock shows endomorphic alteration near the contact zone.
Endomorphic effects can change the minerals in the intrusion.
Common combinations
- endomorphic body type
- The chart labeled him as an endomorphic body type.
- endomorphic build
- She has an endomorphic build and gains weight easily.
- endomorphic physique
- The coach described his endomorphic physique as a challenge.
- endomorphic alteration
- Endomorphic alteration appeared along the rock boundary.
Synonyms and how they differ
- stocky
- This is an everyday word for short and solid, whereas endomorphic is a technical label from a theory.
- rounded
- This describes shape in general terms, while endomorphic implies a whole set of claimed traits.
- soft-bodied
- This hints at a texture but is not a recognized term in the theory.
Opposites
Word family
- endomorph noun
- a person with an endomorphic body type
- ectomorphic adjective
- having a thin, light body build
- mesomorphic adjective
- having a muscular, athletic body build
- morphology noun
- the study of form and structure
Commonly confused: endomorphic or endomorphism?
endomorphic vs endomorphism
In mathematics, an endomorphism is a mapping from a structure to itself, which is unrelated to body type.
Practice
In the old theory of body types, a person with a soft, rounded build was called ____.
Choose one answer.
Endomorphic is the term for a soft, rounded build. Mesomorphic means muscular and ectomorphic means thin, which are the other two types.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “endomorphic”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.