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noun
An instrument for measuring changes in volume within an organ or whole body (usually via fluctuations in the amount of fluid it contains).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
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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)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: measuring instrument, measuring system, measuring device
Narrower terms: body plethysmograph, digital plethysmograph
History
Late 19th century: from Ancient Greek πληθυσμός (plēthusmós, “enlargement”) + -graph.
