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encephalometric

encephalometric adjective: pertaining to measurement of the brain.

Adjective

encephalometric (comparative more encephalometric, superlative most encephalometric)

  1. Pertaining to measurement of the brain.
    • Altukhov, with the help of the encephalometer, determined the cortical areas within the boundaries of the bony defect and transferred the contour to the encephalometric map for children compiled by the author.1989 January 28, Edward I. Kandel, Functional and Stereotactic Neurosurgery, Springer, →ISBN, →OL, page 69

Forms of encephalometric

comparativemore encephalometric
superlativemost encephalometric

Origin of encephalometric

From encephalometry + -ic.

Questions about encephalometric

What does encephalometric mean?
Encephalometric means pertaining to measurement of the brain.
What part of speech is encephalometric?
Encephalometric is an adjective.

Words near encephalometric in the dictionary

  1. encephalomeningitis
  2. encephalomeningocele
  3. encephalomeningoceles
  4. encephalometer
  5. encephalometers
  6. encephalometric
  7. encephalometries
  8. encephalometry
  9. encephalomyelitic
  10. encephalomyelitides
  11. encephalomyelitis

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