Pi·gnet \pē-nʸā\ Maurice–Charles–Joseph (born 1871), French physician. Pignet, who had a career as an army doctor, introduced the Pignet index in 1900. He also is credited with introducing a new method for the chemical analysis of water in 1902.
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Pignet index
noun Pi·gnet index \pēn-ˈyā-\
Medical Definition of PIGNET INDEX
: a measure of the type of body build obtained by subtracting the sum of the weight in kilograms and the chest circumference in centimeters from the height in centimeters
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