Medical Definition of Microtonometer

1. A small tonometer invented by Krogh, originally intended for animals but later adapted to humans, for determining the tensions of oxygen and carbon dioxide in arterial blood; it provides the means of bringing a small bubble of air into gaseous equilibrium with a sample of blood obtained by arterial puncture. Origin: micro-+ G. Tonos, tone, + metron, measure (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Microtonometer

microtome
microtomed
microtomes
microtomies
microtomist
microtomists
microtomographic
microtomography
microtomy
microtonal
microtonalities
microtonality
microtonally
microtone
microtones
microtonometer (current term)
microtool
microtools
microtopography
microtoroid
microtoroidal
microtoroids
microtrabecular network
microtrajectories
microtransaction
microtransactions
microtraps
microtrauma
microtraumas
microtremor

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