Habitus: The physique or body build. Also the posture. For example, corticosteroid therapy can produce a characteristic cushingoid habitus with a moon face, "buffalo hump" at the back of the neck, and obesity of the trunk.
From the Latin for "condition" from the Latin verb "habere" meaning "to hold."
Library > Literature & Language > Dictionary ( hăb ' Ă„Â-tÉ™s ) n. , pl. , habitus . The physical and constitutional characteristics of an individual, especially as ...
habitus /hab·i·tus/ (hab嫀Â-tus) [L.] 1. attitude (2). 2. physique. hab·i·tus (h b-t s) n. pl. habitus. The physical and constitutional characteristics of an ...
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noun, plural -tus. the physical characteristics of a person, especially appearance and constitution as related to disease. Origin: 1885–90; < Neo-Latin, Latin; see ...
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