por The word «normosomic” refers to a body type, which implies that a person has a “normal” physical build. This term is used within anthropometry, which studies the measurements of the body of a human being and measures them accurately for its approach.
It is not a frequent word in everyday and colloquial speech, being only used in health fields such as medical, anatomical or scientific studies. It is a term doomed to disappear possibly.
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Meaning
A person who has «normosomal» body characteristics is one that falls within the parameters considered «normal» by specialists in anatomy. It can also be referred to as «normotype».
But it is not about someone being «normal» within the entire set of people. Rather, these are divided by races and sub-races, and within this classification the prototype of «normosomal» can be generated.
It is key to understand that, in addition to their genetic condition, an individual is influenced by the society in which they live and their uses and customs, such as food, for example.
That is why there is talk of a «statistical normotype», where people are compared within a reference group. This system is used, for example, to take the reference of a child’s body or her intellectual development, being compared with other children of her age.
On the other hand, these types of measures have become extremely important with the progress of industries, and not necessarily only clothing, but other types such as machinery, vehicles, armies, etc. That is, anyone who needs to adapt an object to the measurements of a person.
Among the measured aspects of the architecture of the human being by this science, are: the digestive organs and body fat (endomorphy); bones and muscles (mesomorphy); and skin and nervous system (ectomorphy).
Each of these categories is rated on an arbitrary scale from 1 to 7. When a person has an average of all three, they are represented by the numbers 4-4-4 and are called «normosomic.»
This type of classification is not very precise and leaves many doubts, since it lacks unified terms and the synonyms it uses from other disciplines make it even more complex.
For example, “endormorphic” often replaces “picnic”, “macrosplanchnic”, “eurosiomic”, “digestive”, or “chubby”. The same is true for the other two categories, since “mesomorphic” replaces “athletic”; and “ectomorphic” to “asthenic”. These cited synonyms correspond to the scale made by the German neurologist Ernst Kretschmer.
Unlike this, there is no clear evidence of who used the term «normosomic» for the first time. It should be noted that this word comes from Latin and is composed of «normo», which means «rule» and «soma», which translated into Spanish means «body».
The word “normosomic” is not found in the Dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy, however it is used within the world of medicine, where it is possible to find it in masculine or feminine (“normosomic”).
synonyms
Words that are similar to “normosome” are “normotype”, “current”, “common”, “average”, “frequent”, “usual”, “usual”, “traditional” or “seen”.
antonyms
Meanwhile, the words that have a meaning contrary to «normosomic» are «complex», «abnormal», «rare», «exotic», «unheard of», «incredible», «implausible», «inconceivable», «chimerical» , “atypical”, “atypical” or “rare”.
Examples of use
-«The studies that I carried out in the sports center realized that I am a person of the ‘normosomal’ type.»
-«The nutritionist told me that my complexion is very normal and that I fit into the ‘normosomal’ type.»
-«The medical certificate that I had to carry out to be accepted at work indicated that I have a normosomic build.»
– “I will read you what the paper they gave me at the study center says. ‘Of normosomal biotype’. I wonder what it will be…”
-«The specialist told me that given the environment in which I move, my type of physical structure was pigeonholed within the» normosomic «.
References
Jose Antonio Garcia Andrade. (2002). «Criminal and Forensic Psychiatry». Retrieved from: books.google.al
Guido Cimino. (2004). “Sante De Sanctis between general psychology and applied psychology”. Retrieved from: books.google.al
«Normotype». Retrieved from: diccionariomedico.net.
Miguel Angel Zabalz. “Curriculum design and development”. Retrieved from: books.google.al