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absorptiometry

ab·sorp·ti·om·e·try [ əb-ˌsȯrp-shē-ˈä-mə-trē]

absorptiometry

noun

[əb-ˌsȯrp-shē-ˈä-mə-trē]

Definition of absorptiometry

: measurement of the amount of radiation absorbed (as by living tissue) especially to determine density — compare dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry

First Known Use of absorptiometry

1950, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for absorptiometry

absorptio(n) + -metry (after German Absorptiometrie)

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