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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
somatotype/ˈsəʊmətə(ʊ)tʌɪp/

▶noun a category to which people are assigned according to their bodily physique (usually endomorphic, mesomorphic, or ectomorphic).

– derivatives
somatotyping noun.

– origin 1940s: coined by W. H. Sheldon in The Varieties of Human Physique.

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