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mecometer
[mi-kom-i-ter]
noun
Medicine/Medical.
a caliperlike instrument for measuring the length of newborn infants.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mecometer1
1850–55; < Greek mêko ( s ) length + -meter
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Example Sentences
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And he shall have it; and at a length which shall content him, unless his mecometer be an insatiable apparatus.
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