APA Dictionary of Psychology

anthropometry

Updated on 04/19/2018
n.
  1. the scientific study of how the size and proportions of the human body are affected by such variables as age, sex, and ethnicity.
  2. the taking of measurements of the human body for purposes of comparison and study. —anthropometric adj. —anthropometrist n.
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