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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 habitus involves conscious and unconscious ideas about what we like and influences our choices when faced with different alternatives.
Their large body habitus and comorbidities render them high-risk surgical candidates requiring thorough planning and implementation of care.
When we respond to those claims without difficulty, without compulsion, and without hesitation, we have acquired the habitus of justice.
The findings will also yield information on the individual gender habitus of the interviewees.
During pregnancy, a woman undergoes many physiological and hormonal changes that can alter her metabolism and body habitus.

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