anthropometry
anth·ro·po·metry
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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