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Meaning of PLETHYSMOGRAPH

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a measuring instrument for measuring changes in volume of a part or organ or whole body (usually resulting from fluctuations in the amount of blood it contains)
 
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 See Also: body plethysmograph, digital plethysmograph, measuring device, measuring instrument, measuring system

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pleth"ys*mo*graph\, n. [Gr. ? an enlargement +
-graph.] (Physiol.)
An instrument for determining and registering the variations
in the size or volume of a limb, as the arm or leg, and hence
the variations in the amount of blood in the limb. --
{Pleth`ys*mo*graph"ic}, a.
 

 

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