mecometer

[ mi-kom-i-ter ]

noun

, Medicine/Medical.

1. a caliperlike instrument for measuring the length of newborn infants.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mecometer¹

1850–55; < Greek mêko ( s ) length + -meter

Example Sentences

And he shall have it; and at a length which shall content him, unless his mecometer be an insatiable apparatus.

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