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单词 algesimeter
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algesimetern.

Brit. /ˌaldʒᵻˈsɪmᵻtə/, U.S. /ˌældʒəˈsɪmədər/
Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Swedish. Or (ii) a borrowing from German. Etymons: Swedish algesimeter; German Algesimeter.
Etymology: < Swedish algesimeter ( Uppsala läkareförenings förhandlingar 11 (1876) 587) or its possible etymon German Algesimeter ( F. Björnström Algesimetrie (1877) iii. 12), apparently < Alges- (in Algesie algesia n.) + German -imeter -imeter comb. form. Compare earlier algometry n. and later algometer n.It is unclear in which language the word was coined. Swedish algesimeter is first attested in a report on a lecture by Björnström (a year before his German-language book was published), but the language of the lecture is not known.
Medicine and Physiology.
= algometer n. Cf. algesiometer n.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > [noun] > sensitivity to > measurement of > instrument
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1879 Med. & Surg. Reporter 13 Sept. 237/1 The Algesimeter. Such is the name applied by Dr. Björnström, of Upsala, to an apparatus he has devised for noting the sensation of pain or the sensibility of the nerve-fibers.
1925 C. Fox Educ. Psychol. xii. 343 An algesimeter, an instrument for exerting a pressure of known intensity on the surface of the skin.
2010 European Jrnl. Pain 14 993/2 Thermal hyperalgesia was then assessed with an algesimeter.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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