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Definition of Plethysmograph
1. Noun. 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).
Generic synonyms: Measuring Device, Measuring Instrument, Measuring System
Definition of Plethysmograph
1. n. 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.
Definition of Plethysmograph
1. Noun. (medicine) An instrument for measuring changes in volume within an organ or whole body (usually via fluctuations in the amount of fluid it contains). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Plethysmograph
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Medical Definition of Plethysmograph
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Plethysmograph
Literary usage of Plethysmograph
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Harvard Psychological Studies by Harvard Psychological Laboratory (1922)
"Zimmerman's modification of Lehmann's arm plethysmograph was used in the earlier
experiments. A long-sleeved rubber glove was substituted for the blind ..."
2. Monographic Medicine by Albion Walter Hewlett, Henry Leopold Elsner (1916)
"(6) The plethysmograph; Volume Pulse This is used but little clinically. ...
With the plethysmograph, this variation is recorded in the form of a curve, ..."
3. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1897)
"The large end of the plethysmograph carried a sleeve of band-rubber tubing ...
To keep the hand immovable within the plethysmograph, a modification of the ..."
4. A Text-book of physiology: For Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1915)
"The gauntlet is strengthened by cuffs of dam tubing, as shown in the illustration,
and all are reflected over the end of the plethysmograph. ..."
5. A Text-book of physiology by Isaac Ott (1913)
"Curves Obtained by Enclosing the Hind Limb of a Cat in the plethysmograph and
Stimulating the Peripheral End of the Cut Sciatic Nerve ..."
6. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1892)
"As it would be valuable confirmatory evidence to obtain similar tracings from
the leg, a tin plethysmograph in the shape of a boot was made, and in this the ..."
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