biometry
Cancer
(by-AH-meh-tree) The science of collecting and analyzing biologic or health data using statistical methods. Biometry may be used to help learn the possible causes of a cancer or how often a cancer occurs in a certain group of people. Also called biometrics and biostatistics.
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Food Biotechnology
The application of statistical methods to the analysis of continuous variation in biological systems. Synonym: biometrics.