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anthropometry
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anthropometry /an·thro·pom·e·try/ (an?thro-pom´e-tre) the science dealing with measurement of the size, weight, and proportions of the human body.anthropomet´ric
an·thro·pom·e·try (nthr-pm-tr)
n.
The branch of anthropology concerned with comparative measurements of the human body and its parts.
anthro·po·metric (-p-mtrk), anthro·po·metri·cal (-r-kl) adj.
anthro·po·metri·cal·ly adv.
anthropometry (an´thrpom´trē),
n the measurement of the body and its parts.
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