Usually means: Growth rates differ among body parts.
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  1. allometry: Merriam-Webster
  2. allometry: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. allometry: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. allometry: Collins English Dictionary
  5. allometry: Vocabulary.com
  6. allometry: Wordnik
  7. allometry: Wiktionary
  8. allometry: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. allometry: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. allometry: Dictionary.com
  11. Allometry: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. allometry: Rhymezone
  13. allometry: FreeDictionary.org
  14. allometry: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. allometry: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. allometry: Merriam-Webster

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  1. allometry: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. allometry: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. allometry: Medical dictionary

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  3. allometry: Evolution Glossary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (allometry)

noun:  (biology) Disproportionate growth of a part of a living organism in relation to the whole.
noun:  (biology) The science studying the differential growth rates of the parts of a living organism.

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