Word of the Day — May 24, 2026

allometry

/a-LLOM-e-try/nounPush me

Definition

How different body parts grow at different rates—why your ears don't get proportionally bigger as you age.

the study of the relative growth of a part of an organism in relation to the growth of the whole

Memory Hook

ALLO-metry: 'allo' = other/different, so it's about how OTHER parts grow differently from the whole. Think of a puppy's paws growing way faster than its body.