Ban the phrase “spatio-temporal”

Every time I read, hear or write the phrase “spatio-temporal” I cringe. It’s used frequently in developmental biology to convey the idea of measuring or studying something over both space and time. But it is an unusually awkward phrase, being an ugly sounding and looking hyphenation of a prefix “spatio” and adjective “temporal” that are rarely used on their own. There must be a better way to convey this concept. If not – we need to invent one. Ideas?

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