Medicine:Constitution type

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Constitution type or body type can refer to a number of attempts to classify human body shapes:

  • Humours (Ayurveda)
  • Somatotype of William Herbert Sheldon
  • Paul Carus's character typology
  • Ernst Kretschmer's character typology
  • Elliot Abravanel's glandular metabolism typology
  • Sasang typology by Je-Ma Lee
  • Bertil Lundman's racial classification system

See also