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pachymetry

pachymetry noun: the measurement of thickness using a pachymeter.

Noun

pachymetry (uncountable)

  1. The measurement of thickness using a pachymeter

Origin of pachymetry

From pachy- + -metry.

Questions about pachymetry

What does pachymetry mean?
Pachymetry means the measurement of thickness using a pachymeter.
What part of speech is pachymetry?
Pachymetry is a noun.

Words near pachymetry in the dictionary

  1. pachymeningitis
  2. pachymeninx
  3. pachymeter
  4. pachymeters
  5. pachymetric
  6. pachymetry
  7. pachymorph
  8. pachymorphs
  9. pachynema
  10. pachyneme
  11. pachyntic

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