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anthropometry

anth·ro·po·metry

UK/ænθɹəˈpɒmɪtɹɪ/ US/ˌænθɹəˈpɑmɪtɹɪ/ uncommon

noun

1.

measurement and study of the human body and its parts and capacities

Origin

1839, as anthropo- (“human”) + -metry (“measurement”), from French anthropométrie, from anthropo- + -métrie, from Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “human”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”), influenced by Latin use.

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