situs

American  

[sahy-tuhs, see-] / ˈsaɪ təs, ˈsi- /

noun

PLURAL

situses, situs

1. position; situation.

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

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situs British  

/ ˈsaɪtəs /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of situs

From Latin, dating back to 1695–1705; site

Example Sentences

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.

From Seattle Times

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.

From The Guardian

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.

From New York Times

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

From New York Times

She had situs inversus with levocardia, which means her liver, stomach and other abdominal organs were reversed right to left - the mirror image of a typical human anatomy.

From BBC