Habitus

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  • noun. The physical and constitutional characteristics of an individual, especially as related to the tendency to develop a certain disease.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In medicine, characteristic state or condition; constitutional habit.
  • noun. In natural history, the general appearance or likeness of an animal or a plant, irrespective of its structure; facies.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Habitude; mode of life; general appearance.
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  • noun. habitude; mode of life; bearing, general appearance.
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  • noun. constitution of the human body
  • noun. person's predisposition to be affected by something (as a disease)
    • Word Usage
    "Council of Trent has refrained from applying the term habitus to sanctifying grace."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    predisposition  sensitivity  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    admodum  adveni  appellatur  comitate  creduntur  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    habitude  
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