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Noun: allometry  u'ló-mu-tree
  1. The study of the relative growth of a part of an organism in relation to the growth of the whole
    "Allometry helps explain why larger animals often have proportionally smaller brains"

Derived forms: allometries

Type of: bailiwick, discipline, field, field of study, study, subject, subject area, subject field

Encyclopedia: Allometry