meso-, mes-

A medium-sized tooth.

Pertaining to brackish water having a salinity between three and 10 parts per thousand or sea water having a salinity between 30 and 34 parts per thousand.

A former term for ecology or the study of the interrelationships between organisms and their environents and each other.

1. A husky muscular body, or someone who has such a body.
2. An individual with a robust, muscular body build caused by the predominance of structures developed from the embryonic mesodermal layer.
3. An individual having a type of body build in which tissues derived from the mesoderm predominate.

There is a relative preponderance of muscle, bone, and connective tissue, usually with a heavy, hard physique; a somatotype (body type) classified between ectomorph (physiological type that is tall with long lean limbs) and endomorph (a stocky build with a prominent abdomen).

1. One of the three classic somatotypes, or body types.

Typically speaking mesomorphs are strong and have an athletic build. They can develop and build [muscle] mass without much difficulty and can usually eat without too much fear of gaining weight.

2. Having form, structure, or size average, normal, or intermediate between extremes.