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somatotonia

UK/ˌsəʊmətəʊˈtəʊnɪə/

somatotonia noun: a personality type marked by energy and assertiveness, traditionally associated with the mesomorphic body build.

Noun

somatotonia (uncountable)

  1. (dated) A personality type marked by energy and assertiveness, traditionally associated with the mesomorphic body build.

Origin of somatotonia

From somato- + -tonia.

Questions about somatotonia

What does somatotonia mean?
Somatotonia means a personality type marked by energy and assertiveness, traditionally associated with the mesomorphic body build.
What part of speech is somatotonia?
Somatotonia is a noun.
How do you pronounce somatotonia?
Somatotonia is pronounced /ˌsəʊmətəʊˈtəʊnɪə/ (UK).

Words near somatotonia in the dictionary

  1. somatotherapeutic
  2. somatotherapies
  3. somatotherapist
  4. somatotherapists
  5. somatotherapy
  6. somatotonia
  7. somatotonic
  8. somatotonics
  9. somatotopic
  10. somatotopical
  11. somatotopically

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