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Habitus

noun
1.
Person's predisposition to be affected by something (as a disease).
2.
Constitution of the human body.  Synonyms: body-build, build, physique.





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"Habitus" Quotes from Famous Books



... peopling of Britain, distinguishes very beautifully between what may belong to the ultimate influences of the country, and what may pertain to an old, unalterable type in the immigrated race. "Britanniam qui mortales initio coluerunt, indigenae an advecti, ut inter barbaros, parum compertum. Habitus corporis varii, atque ex eo argumenta; namque rutilae Caledoniam habitantium comae, magni artus Germanicam originem adseverant. Silurum colorati vultus et torti plerumque crines, et posita contra Hispania, ...
— The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) • George Warburton


Words linked to "Habitus" :   sensitivity, dumpiness, somatotype, bodily property, body type, predisposition, lankiness, squattiness, build, body-build


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