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Descriptor English: Somatotypes
Descriptor Spanish: Somatotipos
Descriptor somatotipos
Entry term(s) ectomorfia
ectomorfo
endomorfia
endomorfo
estructura corporal
forma del cuerpo
mesomorfia
mesomorfo
tipo de cuerpo
tipos corporales
Scope note: Constituciones corporales determinadas en función de ciertas características físicas de la forma del cuerpo y de la COMPOSICIÓN CORPORAL. Una evaluación somatotípica es una valoración compuesta de los tres tipos corporales básicos: ectomorfo (físico delgado), endomorfo (físico redondeado) y mesomorfo (físico atlético).
Descriptor Portuguese: Somatotipos
Descriptor French: Somatotypes
Entry term(s): Ectomorphe
Endomorphe
Mésomorphe
Somatotype
Type ectomorphe
Type endomorphe
Type mésomorphe
Types corporels
Types morphologiques
Tree number(s): E01.370.600.115.450.750
G07.100.175.750
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013008
Scope note: Body builds determined on the basis of certain physical characteristics of body shape and BODY COMPOSITION. A somatotyping appraisal is a composite rating of the three basic body types: ectomorph (thin physique), endomorph (rounded physique), and mesomorph (athletic physique).
Allowable Qualifiers: GE génétique
PH physiologie
PX psychologie
DeCS ID: 13391
Unique ID: D013008
NLM Classification: GN 66.5
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/06/09
Somatotypes - Preferred
Concept UI M0020159
Preferred term Somatotypes
Entry term(s) Somatotype
Types corporels
Types morphologiques
Endomorphe - Narrower
Concept UI M0020162
Preferred term Endomorphe
Entry term(s) Type endomorphe
Mésomorphe - Narrower
Concept UI M0020163
Preferred term Mésomorphe
Entry term(s) Type mésomorphe
Ectomorphe - Narrower
Concept UI M0020161
Preferred term Ectomorphe
Entry term(s) Type ectomorphe



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