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What does anthropometry mean?

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Noun
  1. The science of measuring the human body in order to ascertain the average dimensions of the human form at different ages, and in different divisions of race, class, etc.
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The science of anthropometry was developed in the late 19th century by Alphonse Bertillon, chief of criminal identification for the Paris police.
Taking on the physiological testing task, biokinetics specialist Tony Paladin, better known as stroke of South Africa's lightweight four, analysed every participant using anthropometry and aerobic capacity testing.
Our objective was to determine whether baseline polysomnography, cephalometry, and anthropometry data could predict uvulopalatopharyngoplasty success or failure.
We shall catch our criminals by anthropometry ere ever a criminal thought has entered their brains.
These full and clear remarks seem even more applicable to the method of finger prints than to that of anthropometry.
Considerable importance in anthropometry is attached to the study of the nose.

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