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What does habitus mean?

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Noun
  1. (zoology) habitude; mode of life; bearing, general appearance.
  2. (botany) habit; general shape and appearance of a species or variety of plant.
  3. (sociology) The lifestyle, values, dispositions and expectations of particular social groups that are acquired through the activities and experiences of everyday life.
  4. (liturgy) The liturgical clothing of monks, nuns and the clerical community, metaphorically refering to the religious mode of life.
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On physical examination, the patient's vital signs and body habitus should be noted.
The officials, from the same habitus as the runners, control the sport and impose penalties when they detect infringements of the rules.
The findings will also yield information on the individual gender habitus of the interviewees.
Not all x-rays were readable because his habitus sometimes interfered with the area that needed examination.
Physiologic changes in the elder habitus often affect the dosing and choice of medication.
When we respond to those claims without difficulty, without compulsion, and without hesitation, we have acquired the habitus of justice.

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