Usually means: Enduring dispositions shaping thoughts, actions.
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We found 32 dictionaries that define the word habitus:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. habitus: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. habitus: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. habitus: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. habitus: Collins English Dictionary
  5. habitus: Vocabulary.com
  6. Habitus, habitus, habitus: Wordnik
  7. habitus: Wiktionary
  8. habitus: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. habitus: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. habitus: Dictionary.com
  11. Habitus (biology), Habitus (sociology), Habitus: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Habitus: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. habitus: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. habitus: Rhymezone
  15. Habitus: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. habitus: Free Dictionary
  17. habitus: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. habitus: Dictionary/thesaurus

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. habitus: Encyclopedia

Medicine (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Habitus: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. Habitus: MedFriendly Glossary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. AIDS Medical Glossary and Drug Chart (No longer online)
  6. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  7. habitus: Medical dictionary
  8. Habitus: Drug Medical Dictionary

Science (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dictionary of anthropology (No longer online)
  2. Bryological (No longer online)
  3. Dictionary of anthropology (No longer online)
  4. Anthropology dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of Entomology (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (habitus)

noun:  (zoology) habitude; mode of life; bearing.
noun:  (zoology, chiefly invertebrates) General appearance.
noun:  (botany) habit
noun:  (anatomy, medicine) the general shape and appearance of the body, usually with reference to weight, adipose distribution, posture, and gait; most often called by the collocation body habitus.
noun:  (sociology) The lifestyle, values, dispositions and expectations of particular social groups that are acquired through the activities and experiences of everyday life.
noun:  (liturgy) The liturgical clothing of monks, nuns and the clerical community, metaphorically referring to the religious mode of life.

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