Plethysmographic

Plethysmographic
Plethysmograph Pleth"ys*mo*graph, n. [Gr. ? an enlargement + -graph.] (Physiol.) 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. [1913 Webster] -- {Pleth`ys*mo*graph"ic}, a. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • plethysmographic — ple·thys·mo·graph·ic …   English syllables

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