Definition of Stature. Meaning of Stature. Synonyms of Stature

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Definition of Stature

Stature
Stature Stat"ure, n. [F. stature, OF. estature, from L. statura, originally, an upright posture, hence, height or size of the body, from stare, statum, to stand. See Stand.] The natural height of an animal body; -- generally used of the human body. Foreign men of mighty stature came. --Dryden.

Meaning of Stature from wikipedia

- Look up stature in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Stature may refer to: Human stature, the distance from the bottom of the feet to the top of the head...
- Short stature refers to a height of a human which is below typical. Whether a person is considered short depends on the context. Because of the lack of...
- Human height or stature is the distance from the bottom of the feet to the top of the head in a human body, standing erect. It is measured using a stadiometer...
- codename Stature in the 2005 Young Avengers series, by Allan Heinberg and Jim Cheung. She appeared in the 2008 Young Avengers Presents Stature one-shot...
- estimation of stature is part of the identification process necessary when dismembered body parts are found. It is also possible to estimate the stature from bones...
- Idiopathic short stature (ISS) refers to extreme short stature that does not have a diagnostic explanation (idiopathic designates a condition that is...
- Gigantism (Gr****: γίγας, gígas, "giant", plural γίγαντες, gígantes), also known as giantism, is a condition characterized by excessive growth and height...
- The term pygmyism is used to describe the phenotype of endemic short stature (as opposed to disproportionate dwarfism occurring in isolated cases in...
- waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), occasionally written WtHR or called waist-to-stature ratio (WSR), is defined as their waist cir****ference divided by their height...
- A pre-replication complex (pre-RC) is a protein complex that forms at the origin of replication during the initiation step of DNA replication. Formation...