adj 1  :  of or relating to the component in W. H. Sheldon's classification of body types that measures the body's degree of slenderness, angularity, and fragility  2  :  having a light body build - compare ENDOMORPHIC2 MESOMORPHIC2b   ec*to*mor*phy n pl  -phies  
 
 
 
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