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osteometry|ɒstɪˈɒmɪtrɪ|
[f. osteo- + -metry.]
The measurement of bones; that part of zoömetry (or esp. anthropometry) which has to do with the proportions of the different bones.
1878Bartley tr. Topinard's Anthrop. ii. 81 Osteometry..is a study which has a special reference to the measurement of the facial angle and the direction of the occipital foramen.
Hence osteoˈmetrical a., of or pertaining to osteometry.
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