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infantometer

infantometer noun: an instrument for measuring the size of young children.

Noun

infantometer (plural infantometers)

  1. An instrument for measuring the size of young children.
    • Length was assessed using an infantometer to the nearest 0.1 cm.2015 July 21, “Determinants of Weight Gain during the First Two Years of Life—The GECKO Drenthe Birth Cohort”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of infantometer

pluralinfantometers

Origin of infantometer

From infant + -o- + -meter.

Questions about infantometer

What does infantometer mean?
Infantometer means an instrument for measuring the size of young children.
What part of speech is infantometer?
Infantometer is a noun.
What is the plural of infantometer?
The plural of infantometer is infantometers.

Words near infantometer in the dictionary

  1. infantizing
  2. infantlike
  3. infantly
  4. infantocracies
  5. infantocracy
  6. infantometer
  7. infantometers
  8. infantophile
  9. infantophiles
  10. infantophilia
  11. infantophobe

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