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Pelvimetry

Definition: Pelvimetry

Pelvimetry

Noun

1. Measurement of the dimensions of the bony birth canal (to determine whether vaginal birth is possible).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Note: Pelvimetry \Pel*vim"e*try\, noun. [Pelvis -metry.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definitions: Pelvimetry

DomainDefinitions

Health

Measurement of the dimensions and capacity of the pelvis. It includes cephalopelvimetry (measurement of fetal head size in relation to maternal pelvic capacity), a prognostic guide to the management of labor associated with disproportion. (references)

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Crosswords: Pelvimetry

English words defined with "pelvimetry": pelvimeter. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Pelvimetry

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  pelvimetry

6
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Modern Translations: Pelvimetry

Language Translations for "pelvimetry"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

pelvimetri, pelvigrafi, bækkenmåling. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

pelvimetrie, pelvigrafie. (various references)

   

French

  

pelvimétrie, pelvigraphie. (various references)

   

German

  

Pelvimetrie, Beckenmessung. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πυελομέτρησις, πυελομετρία, ακτινογραφία της πυέλου. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

elvimetrypay

   

Russian 

  

пельвиметрия. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

pelvimetría, pelvigrafía. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "Pelvimetry"

Words rhyming with "pelvimetry" (pronounced 'Pel*vim"e*try'): Acetimetry, Acidimetry, Acoumetry, Actino-chemistry, Actinometry, Aerometry, Alchemistry, Alcoholometry, Alcoometry, Alkalimetry, Altimetry, Ancestry, Anemometry, Angelolatry, Anthropolatry, Anthropometry, Apomecometry, Areometry, Astrolatry, Astrometry, Astrophotometry, Asymmetry, Atmiatry, Attry, Autolatry, Avowtry, Baculometry, Ballatry, Baptisteries, Baptistery, Baptistry, Barometry, Barratry, Bathymetry, Bibliolatry, Bijoutry, Biochemistry, Biometry, Calorimetry, Cardiometry, Carpentry, Centry, Cephalometry, Chlorimetry, Chlorometry, Choltry, Chorometry, Choultry, Chronometry, Clinometry. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Pelvimetry

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-i-l-m-p-r-t-v-y"

-3 letters: emptier, emptily, perlite, peytrel, primely, replevy, reptile, vermeil, yperite.

-4 letters: eerily, elmier, empery, empire, epimer, eviler, levier, levity, liever, limper, limpet, livery, livyer, meetly, melter, merely, metier, milter, myrtle, pelite, pelmet, pelter, peltry, permit, pertly, petrel, prelim, premie, primly, privet, pyrite, reemit, relive, remelt, retile, retime, retype, revile, rimple, ripely, temper, temple.

 Words containing the letters "e-e-i-l-m-p-r-t-v-y"
 

+2 letters: imperatively, preemptively.

 

+3 letters: presumptively.

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Alternative Orthography: Pelvimetry


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01100101 01101100 01110110 01101001 01101101 01100101 01110100 01110010 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0065 006C 0076 0069 006D 0065 0074 0072 0079

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Rhymes
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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