The quality or condition of being an endomorph; the degree to which an individual exhibits an endomorphic body type.
From 'endomorph' plus '-y' (forming nouns). This term was part of Sheldon's somatotype vocabulary from the 1940s, alongside mesomorphy and ectomorphy.
Sheldon measured endomorphy on a 1-7 scale in his somatotype system, but modern science has abandoned these categories—it's a reminder that even prestigious scientists can create elaborate classification systems that don't actually reflect how nature works.
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