See Also: fitness(medicine)
fitness(dictionary)
fitness(dictionary)
clinical fitness(medicine)
evolutionary fitness(medicine)
genetic fitness(medicine)
physical fitness(medicine)
IMPLIED WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE(law)

faburden (iou) and fitness (medicine)


faburden (iou)



faburden noun. obsolete exc. Hist. LME.
[Perh. from French faux-bourdon lit. 'false hum', assim. to FAH, BURDEN noun.]
A type of improvised polyphony, popular in England from the 15th cent. to the Reformation. LME.
The refrain or chorus of a song. L16.

fitness (medicine)


Fitness


1. Well-being.

2. Suitability.

3. In population genetics, a measure of the relative survival and reproductive Success of a given individual or phenotype, or of a population subgroup.

4. A set of attributes, primarily respiratory and cardiovascular, relating to ability to perform tasks requiring expenditure of energy.