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habitus

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hab·i·tus  (hb-ts)
n. pl. habitus
The physical and constitutional characteristics of an individual, especially as related to the tendency to develop a certain disease.
[Latin, condition; see habit.]
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Noun1.habitus - person's predisposition to be affected by something (as a disease); "the consumptive habitus"
predisposition, sensitivity - susceptibility to a pathogen
2.habitushabitus - constitution of the human body
body-build, build, physique
bodily property - an attribute of the body
lankiness - a tall and thin physique
dumpiness, squattiness - a short and stout physique
body type, somatotype - a category of physique
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And the state runneth the danger of that which Tacitus saith; Atque is habitus animorum fuit, ut pessimum facinus auderent pauci, plures vellent, omnes paterentur.
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