Biometry

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Biometry \Bi*om"e*try\, n. [Gr. bi`os life + -metry.]
     Measurement of life; calculation of the probable duration of
     human life.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  biometry
       n : a branch of biology that studies biological phenomena and
           observations by means of statistical analysis [syn: {biometrics}]