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encephalometry

encephalometry noun: the measurement of the brain or its regions.

Noun

encephalometry (countable and uncountable, plural encephalometries)

  1. The measurement of the brain or its regions.
    • One subdivision in encephalometry alone deserves especial study, that of the speech-centers,—receptive, emissive and associative,—a problem first essayed by Rüdinger in 1882.1902, Edward Anthony Spitzka, “Contributions to the Encephalic Anatomy of the Races”, in American Journal of Anatomy, volume 2, page 25
    • We need samples of about 25 to 50 brains of each race, and it should not be too hard to get them, particularly when it is borne in mind that the brains are not destroyed for other uses by encephalometry.1955, Franklin Hollander, The Regulation of Hunger and Appetite, page 507

Forms of encephalometry

pluralencephalometries

Origin of encephalometry

From encephalo- + -metry.

Words formed from encephalometry

Questions about encephalometry

What does encephalometry mean?
Encephalometry means the measurement of the brain or its regions.
What part of speech is encephalometry?
Encephalometry is a noun.
What is the plural of encephalometry?
The plural of encephalometry is encephalometries.

Words near encephalometry in the dictionary

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

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