Medical Terminology / Unit 2 MedTerm 0100 short lesson, about 20 seconds
-metry: Measurement
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The idea
The suffix metry names the act or process of measuring what its root identifies.
In practice
Spirometry is the measurement of breathing volume.
Where people slip
Metry measures a quantity. Graphy records an image.
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