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biometry /bi·om·e·try/ (bi-om´ĕ-tre) the application of statistical methods to biological phenomena.
bi·om·e·try (b-m-tr)
n.
The statistical analysis of biological data. Also called biometrics.

biometry
[bī·om′ətrē]
the application of statistical methods in analyzing data obtained in biologic or anthropologic research. See also biology.

biometrics, biometry
the application of statistical methods to biological data.


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Dr Dietz is head of the Department of Medical Biometry at the University of Tubingen, Germany.
Buckley received a BA in mathematics from William Preston College, an MS in biometry from the Medical College of Virginia, and an MS in computer science from Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
We now know from imaging studies of the brain that many strokes are not manifested as a weakness in the hand, an inability to speak, or other symptoms," says Teri Manolio, director of the epidemiology and biometry program at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute in Bethesda, Maryland.
 
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