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PLETHYSMOGRAPH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("plethysmograph" is a kind of...):
measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "plethysmograph"):
body plethysmograph (plethysmograph consisting of a chamber surrounding the entire body; used in studies of respiration)
digital plethysmograph (plethysmograph applied to a digit of the hand or foot to measure skin blood flow)
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