ALLOMETRY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The study of the relative growth of a part of an organism in relation to the growth of the whole

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("allometry" is a kind of...):

bailiwick; discipline; field; field of study; study; subject; subject area; subject field (a branch of knowledge)

Derivation:

allometric (relating to or marked by allometry)

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