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audiometric

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au⋅di⋅om⋅e⋅try

[aw-dee-om-i-tree]
–noun Medicine/Medical.
the testing of hearing by means of an audiometer.

Origin:
1885–90; audio- + -metry


au⋅di⋅o⋅met⋅ric [aw-dee-uh-me-trik] , adjective
au⋅di⋅o⋅met⋅ri⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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au·di·om·e·ter   (ô'dē-ŏm'ĭ-tər)   
n.  An instrument for measuring hearing activity for pure tones of normally audible frequencies. Also called sonometer.
au'di·o·met'ric (-ō-mět'rĭk) adj., au'di·om'e·try n.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: au·di·om·e·try
Pronunciation: "od-E-'äm-&-trE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -tries
: the testing and measurement of hearing acuity for variations in sound intensity and pitch and for tonal purity —au·dio·met·ric /"od-E-O-'me-trik/ adjectiveau·di·om·e·trist /"od-E-'äm-&-tr&st/ noun
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