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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. person's predisposition to be affected by something (as a disease);
- Example: "the consumptive habitus"

2. constitution of the human body;
[syn: physique, build, body-build, habitus]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Habitus \Hab"i*tus\ (h[a^]b"[i^]*t[u^]s), n. [L.] (Zool.) Habitude; mode of life; general appearance. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

habitus n 1: person's predisposition to be affected by something (as a disease); "the consumptive habitus" 2: constitution of the human body [syn: physique, build, body-build, habitus]