n.
The study of human body measurement for use in anthropological classification and comparison.
anthropometric an'thro·po·met'ric (-pə-mĕt'rĭk) or an'thro·po·met'ri·cal (-rĭ-kəl) adj.
anthropometrically an'thro·po·met'ri·cal·ly adv.
anthropometrist an'thro·pom'e·trist n.
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