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==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French ''estature'', stature, from [[Latin]] ''statura'', from [[status]], past participle of stare to stand
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]
==Definitions==
*1: [[natural]] height (as of a [[person]]) in an upright position
*2: [[quality]] or [[status]] gained by [[growth]], [[development]], or [[achievement]]
==Description==
'''Stature''' as human height is the distance from the bottom of the feet to the top of the head in a [[human]] [[body]] standing erect.
When [[populations]] share genetic background and [[environmental]] factors, [[average]] height is frequently characteristic within the group. Exceptional height variation (around 20% deviation from average) within such a population is usually due to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigantism gigantism] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarfism dwarfism]; which are medical conditions due to specific genes or to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endocrine endocrine] abnormalities.
In regions of extreme [[poverty]] or prolonged [[warfare]], environmental factors like [[Hunger|malnutrition]] during [[childhood]] or [[adolescence]] may account for marked reductions in adult stature even without the [[presence]] of any of these medical conditions.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stature]
[[Category: General Reference]]
==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French ''estature'', stature, from [[Latin]] ''statura'', from [[status]], past participle of stare to stand
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]
==Definitions==
*1: [[natural]] height (as of a [[person]]) in an upright position
*2: [[quality]] or [[status]] gained by [[growth]], [[development]], or [[achievement]]
==Description==
'''Stature''' as human height is the distance from the bottom of the feet to the top of the head in a [[human]] [[body]] standing erect.
When [[populations]] share genetic background and [[environmental]] factors, [[average]] height is frequently characteristic within the group. Exceptional height variation (around 20% deviation from average) within such a population is usually due to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigantism gigantism] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarfism dwarfism]; which are medical conditions due to specific genes or to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endocrine endocrine] abnormalities.
In regions of extreme [[poverty]] or prolonged [[warfare]], environmental factors like [[Hunger|malnutrition]] during [[childhood]] or [[adolescence]] may account for marked reductions in adult stature even without the [[presence]] of any of these medical conditions.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stature]
[[Category: General Reference]]
