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absorptiometry

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ab·sorp·ti·om·e·try (b-zôrpsh-m-tr)
n.
A diagnostic technique for measuring bone mineral density in which an image of bone is produced from computerized analysis of absorption rates of photons directed in a focused beam at a body part.
ab·sorpti·ome·ter n.


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