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Definition of Allometry
1. Noun. The study of the relative growth of a part of an organism in relation to the growth of the whole.
Derivative terms: Allometric
Definition of Allometry
1. Noun. (biology) The science studying the differential growth rates of the parts of a living organism's body part or process. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Allometry
1. [n -TRIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Allometry
Literary usage of Allometry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Site Management and Productivity in Tropical Plantation Forests: Proceedings by E. K. Sadanandan Nambiar (2004)
"Harrington and Fownes (1993) compared the allometry of planted vs coppice stands
of four tropical species (Acacia auriculiformis, Eucalyptus camaldulensis, ..."
2. Transgenic Animals: Bibliography January 1991-February 1994 by Raymond Dobert (1996)
"G6 Multiphasic growth and allometry. Koops, WJ.; Grossman, M. Bar Harbor, Me.
... Language: English Descriptors: Mice; allometry; Growth rate; ..."
3. The Harvey Lectures by Harvey Society of New York, New York Academy of Medicine (1912)
"... involving thousands of measurements, many of which belong in strictly successive
phyletic series. allometry (ie, the measurement of ..."
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