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Medical Term:

colorimetry

Pronunciation: kul'or-im'e-tre

Definition

A procedure for quantitative chemical analysis, based on comparison of the color developed in a solution of the test material with that in a standard solution; the two solutions are observed simultaneously in a colorimeter, and quantitated on the basis of the absorption of light.

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