situs

[sahy-tuhs, see-]

noun

plural

situses, situs 

1. position; situation.

2. the proper or original position, as of a part or organ.

situs

/ ˈsaɪtəs /

noun

1. position or location, esp the usual or right position of an organ or part of the body

Word History and Origins

Origin of situs¹

From Latin, dating back to 1695–1705; site

Word History and Origins

Origin of situs¹

C18: from Latin: site, situation, position

Example Sentences

It forbids secondary or common situs picketing, closed shops and monetary donations by unions to federal political campaigns.

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But lenders represented by Situs AMC put up $127.5 million representing the debt Banyan Street owed them, and this overwhelmed the paltry cash bid.

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On the other hand, on the morning of the day we met, Gibson had prospected a nugget out of the newspaper: that the actor Eddie Marsan has situs inversus, a condition in which the positions of major internal organs are flipped into the opposite side of the body.

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It also could be important for understanding why approximately 1 in 10,000 people are born with situs inversus, a condition where their internal organs are flipped like a lefty snail’s shell.

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An earlier version of this article misstated the number of people who have the condition known as situs inversus.

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