PELVIMETRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pelvimetry mean? 

• PELVIMETRY (noun)
  The noun PELVIMETRY has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: PELVIMETRY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PELVIMETRY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

measure; measurement; measuring; mensuration (the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule)