Medical Terminology / Unit 2 MedTerm 0101 short lesson, about 20 seconds
-meter: Measuring Instrument
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The idea
The suffix meter names the instrument that measures what its root identifies.
In practice
A thermometer is the instrument that measures temperature.
Where people slip
Metry and meter divide the same way scopy and scope do.
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