Habitus

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  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}]