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AUDIOMETRY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Measuring sensitivity of hearing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("audiometry" is a kind of...):
measure; measurement; measuring; mensuration (the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule)
Derivation:
audiometric (of or relating to audiometry)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The measurement of hearing
Synonyms:
audiology; audiometry
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("audiometry" is a kind of...):
otology (the branch of medicine concerned with the ear)
Derivation:
audiometric (of or relating to audiometry)
