mecometer

[ mi-kom-i-ter ]
/ mɪˈkɒm ɪ tər /

noun Medicine/Medical.

a caliperlike instrument for measuring the length of newborn infants.

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Origin of mecometer

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

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