nephelometry

noun

neph·e·lom·e·try | \ -ˈläm-ə-trē

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plural nephelometries

Medical Definition of nephelometry

: the measurement of the intensity of reflected light by means of a nephelometer especially as applied to studies of turbidity (as in the determination of particle size or of the amount of suspended matter in chemical analysis)

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