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Plexometer

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plessimeternounDated form of pleximeter. [(medicine) Something used to absorb the energy generated by the strike from a percussion hammer, during medical percussion. Usually this is simply the doctor's hand.]
pleximeternoun(medicine) Something used to absorb the energy generated by the strike from a percussion hammer, during medical percussion. Usually this is simply the doctor's hand.
pleximetrynounThe use of the pleximeter.
plexornoun(medicine, now rare) A hammer (or other instrument) used to test a person's reflexes.
pachometernounAlternative form of pachymeter. [Any of several instruments that are used to measure the thickness of something.]
pulse oximeternoun(medicine) A device used to monitor the oxygen level of a patient's blood.
pulse oxnoun(medicine, colloquial) Pulse oximetry.
pulsatornoun(astronomy) Any pulsating astronomical object
sclerometernounA device used to measure the hardness of a material by applying pressure to a moving diamond stylus.
pachymeternounAny of several instruments that are used to measure the thickness of something.
oscillometernoun(physics, medicine) Any of several devices that measure oscillations
palpometernounAn instrument that uses ultrasound and computer technology to automate the physician's technique of palpation to determine sensitivity of some part of the patient's body.
analgesiometernounAlternative form of analgesimeter. [A device used to measure the effectiveness of analgesics in countering pain]
piezometernounAn instrument used to measure pressure.
plethysmographnoun(medicine) An instrument for measuring changes in volume within an organ or whole body (usually via fluctuations in the amount of fluid it contains).
baraesthesiometernounAlternative form of baresthesiometer. [An instrument for determining the delicacy of the sense of pressure.]
elastometernounA device used to measure the elasticity of tissues
pulse oximetrynoun(medicine) A noninvasive method allowing the monitoring of the oxygenation of a patient's hemoglobin, using a sensor placed on a thin part of the patient's anatomy, usually a fingertip or earlobe.
lensometernounAlternative form of lensmeter. [An optician's instrument for verifying spectacle prescriptions at the laboratory.]
algometernounAn instrument for measuring pain-inducing stimuli, and the sensitivity to such stimuli.

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