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Plethysmograph


Pleth′ys-mo-graph

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Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] an enlargement +
-graph
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(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.
Plethˊys-mo-graph′ic
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Adj.

Definition 2024


plethysmograph

plethysmograph

English

Noun

plethysmograph (plural plethysmographs)

  1. (medicine) An instrument for measuring changes in volume within an organ or whole body (usually via fluctuations in the amount of fluid it contains).

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