mesoskelic

mesoskelic

adj. denoting a constitutional body type that is intermediate between brachyskelic (see brachyskeletal) and macroskelic and roughly equivalent to the athletic type in Kretschmer typology. [described by French physician L. P. Manouvrier (1850–1927)]

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