habitus /hab·i·tus/ (hab´ĭ-tus) [L.]
habitus
habitus
1. attitude (2).
2. physique.
hab·i·tus (h b  -t s)n. pl. habitus The physical and constitutional characteristics of an individual, especially the tendency to develop a certain disease. |
habitus
[hab′itəs]
a person's appearance or physique, as an athletic habitus. See also habit.
habitus
[L.] habit, body conformation.
habitus
A general body type; an asthenic habitus is seen in tall thin subjects whose organs are said to hang low in the body; the hyperthenic subject is plethoric and his organs are higher in the body and the hyposthenic habitus lies between
the two. See Marfanoid habitus.
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