measurement vs pelvimetry

pelvimetry vs measurement

measurement and pelvimetry both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
measurement	Yes	No	No	No
pelvimetry	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, pelvimetry is a hyponym of measurement; that is, pelvimetry is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than measurement:

measurement: the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
pelvimetry: measurement of the dimensions of the bony birth canal (to determine whether vaginal birth is possible)

Other hyponyms of measurement include seismography, quantitative analysis, quantitative chemical analysis, actinometry, algometry, anemography, anemometry, angulation, anthropometry, arterial blood gases, audiometry, bathymetry, plumbing, calorimetry, cephalometry, densitometry, dosimetry, fetometry, foetometry, gravimetry, hydrometry, hypsography, hypsometry, mental measurement, micrometry, observation, photometry, quantification, radioactive dating, meter reading, reading, sampling, sounding, sound ranging, scaling, spirometry, surveying, telemetry, thermometry, thermogravimetry, tonometry, viscometry, viscosimetry, weigh-in, audience measurement, pycnometry.

measurement (noun)	pelvimetry (noun)
the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule	measurement of the dimensions of the bony birth canal (to determine whether vaginal birth is possible)

Difference between measurement and pelvimetry

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