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Meaning of KYMOGRAPH

Pronunciation:  'kImu`graf

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  scientific instrument consisting of a rotating drum holding paper on which a stylus traces a continuous record (as of breathing or blood pressure)
 
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 Synonyms: cymograph
 
 See Also: scientific instrument

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ky"mo*graph\, n. [Gr. ? wave + -graph.] (Physiol.)
An instrument for measuring, and recording graphically, the
pressure of the blood in any of the blood vessels of a living
animal; -- called also {kymographion}.
 

 

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