somatometry etymology

English word somatometry comes from English -metry (Forming nouns relating to measures and measurement.), English somato- ((medicine) body.)

Detailed word origin of somatometry

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-metry English (eng) Forming nouns relating to measures and measurement.
somato- English (eng) (medicine) body.
somatometry English (eng) The measurement of the dimensions of the human body, especially while keeping the soft tissues intact.

Words with the same origin as somatometry

Descendants of -metry
absorptiometry acidimetry anemometry archeometry bathymetry coulometry ergometry fluviometry heliometry isometry micrometry optometrist optometry phallometry photometry pneumatometry psychometry psychrometry scientometrist spectrometry stichometry telemetric telemetry zoometry
Descendants of somato-
somatesthesia somatist somatocentric somatodendritic somatodendritically somatoform somatofugal somatogamy somatogenesis somatomotor somatopsychic somatosensation somatosensitive somatosensory somatotherapeutic somatotherapy somatotopy somatotropism somatotype