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Definition of Algometry
1. Noun. Measuring sensitivity to pain or pressure.
Derivative terms: Algometric, Algometrical
Definition of Algometry
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Medical Definition of Algometry
1. The process of measuring pain. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Algometry
Literary usage of Algometry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1906)
"algometry, Topography of Pain. III. Peripheral Organs of Pain. IV. Paths of
Conduction and Supposed Centers of Pain. ..."
2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1905)
"algometry, Topography of Pain. III. Peripheral Organs of Pain. IV. Paths of
Conduction and Supposed Centers of Pain. ..."
3. The Semi-insane and the Semi-responsible: (Demifous Et Demiresponsables) by Joseph Grasset (1907)
"... of the criminal-born (tattooing among criminals—phenomena of molecular changes:
temperature, pulse, urine, etc.; general sensibility, algometry, etc. ..."
4. Saint Louis Medical and Surgical Journal (1879)
"... algometry, Functions of Vegetative Life, fortified by the various other
scientific significants, can hardly fail to prove the speculative competency of ..."