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Definition of Morphometry

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Medical Definition of Morphometry

1. Method that involves measurement of shape. A variety of methods exist to enable one to examine, for example: the distribution of objects in a 2 D section of a cell and then to use this to predict the shapes and the distribution of these objects in three dimensions. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Morphometry

Literary usage of Morphometry

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1894)
"morphometry OF THE LAKE OF CONSTANCE.* IN 1886 the five shore-states of the Lake of Constance appointed a commission for the construction of a map of the ..."

2. Preparing for Climate Change: Proceedings, Second North American Conference (1993)
"Methodology Three steps were required for the analysis of these changes: o Define the future morphometry (shape) of San Francisco Bay with sea-level rise. o ..."

3. Air Quality Criteria for Oxides of Nitrogenby Dennis J. Kotchmar by Dennis J. Kotchmar (1996)
"Thus, the data concerning enlarged airspaces is not reliable due to the types of lung fixation and alveolar morphometry. They also mentioned alveolar ..."

4. Biologic Markers in Pulmonary Toxicology by National Research Council (U.S.). Subcommittee on Pulmonary Toxicology (1989)
"morphometry is a sensitive quantitative tool that can be of great value in evaluating ... morphometry is the quantification of three-dimensional structure. ..."

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