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mecometer|miːˈkɒmɪtə(r)|
[f. Gr. µῆκο-ς length + -meter, after F. mécomètre.]
An instrument for measuring length; spec. a graduated instrument for measuring the length of new-born infants, used at the Hospice de la Maternité, Paris.
1855Dunglison Med. Lex. (ed. 12) Mecometer. 1867De Morgan in Athenæum 19 Jan. 89 In fact, he did his very best to get larger ‘mercy’. And he shall have it; and at a length which will content him, unless his mecometer be an insatiable apparatus. |