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单词 acoumetry
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acoumetryn.

Brit. /əˈkuːmᵻtri/, U.S. /əˈkumᵻtri/
Forms:

α. 1800s– acoumetry.

β. 1800s acouometry.

γ. 1800s acoemetry.

δ. 1800s acousmetry.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; probably modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: acoumeter n., -metry comb. form.
Etymology: < acou- (in acoumeter n.) + -metry comb. form, probably after French acoumétrie (1870 or earlier).See note on forms at acoumeter n.
Medicine. Now rare.
The testing or measurement of the sense of hearing; audiology; audiometry.
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1877 Rep. 1st Internat. Otol. Soc. 1876 41 Until the human voice can be imitated, the examination by the voice must be the indispensable complement of artificial acoumetry.
1927 Lancet 26 Nov. 1138/1 The chapter concludes with a model case-sheet, leaving spaces for charting the various findings under general and special history, response to tuning-fork tests, and acoumetry.
1997 Internat. Jrnl. Pediatric Otorhinolaryngol. 40 206 In the physical examination, bilateral otomicroscopy was normal, as were the acoumetry and other audiological tests.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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