cyrto-comb. form
representing Greek κυρτο- from κυρτός curved, arched. In some recent technical terms, as cyrtoˈceratite n. Palaeontology a fossil cephalopod of the genus Cyrtoceras, having the shell incurved or bent like a horn. ˈcyrtograph n. an instrument for the same purpose as the cyrtometer ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon). ˈcyrtoid adj. resembling a hump or swelling on the back ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon). ˈcyrtolite n. Mineralogy a variety of zircon with the pyramidal planes convex (Dana). cyrˈtometer n. [French cyrtomètre (1859 Woillez; see -meter comb. form2)] an instrument for measuring and recording the curves of the chest; also ( Wilson's cyrtometer) for measurement of the head. ˈcyrtostyle n. a circular portico projecting from the front or other part of a building (Webster, 1864).
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the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > specific measuring or recording > [noun] > specific measuring or recording instruments
pelvimeter1779
labimeter1785
pulmometer1814
neurometer1818
cardiometer1827
pneumatometer1832
lithometer1842
urinometer1843
spirometer1846
labidometer1848
paedometer1848
stethometer1850
pneumometer1853
psychograph1854
aesthesiometer1857
stethogoniometer1858
respirometer1859
anapnometer1860
chest-measurer1862
cardiograph1866
cyrtometer1867
myograph1867
myographion1867
pneumograph1868
anapnograph1870
polygraph1871
pneumatograph1874
pelycometer1875
baraesthesiometer1876
stetho-cardiograph1876
stethograph1876
haemocytometer1877
tambour1877
thoracometer1877
audiometer1879
tropometer1881
inspirometer1882
oncograph1882
oncometer1882
septometer1882
kinesimeter1885
pneograph1888
kinaesthesiometer1890
parturiometer1890
pneometer1890
spirograph1890
tonograph1890
pelvigraph1892
phrenograph1893
profilometer1895
calibrator1900
tremograph1904
urinopyknometer1905
adaptometer1907
phonoscope1908
electrocardiograph1910
phonocardiograph1913
arthrometer1918
pneumotachograph1926
cystometer1927
cardiotachometer1928
encephalograph1934
electroencephalograph1935
ballistocardiograph1938
phonoelectrocardioscope1942
electromyograph1944
pupillograph1951
statometer1957
pneumotach1961
magnetocardiograph1963
1867 Amer. Jrnl. Sc. 2nd Ser. 44 224 Before the blow~pipe cyrtolite glows brilliantly.
1870 S. J. Gee Auscult. & Percuss. ii. 10 The Cyrtometer.
1879 R. N. Khory Digest Med. 45 When the outlines are drawn on paper by the help of the cyrtometer.
Derivatives
cyrˈtoceran adj.
Brit. 
/səːˈtɒs(ə)rən/
, /səːˈtɒs(ə)rən/U.S. /sərˈtɑs(ə)rən/
/sərˈtɑs(ə)rən/ cyrtoˈceratid n. /ˌsərdoʊˈsɛrədəd/ a member of the family containing Cyrtoceras.
Brit. /ˌsəːtə(ʊ)ˈsɛrətɪd/
, /ˌsəːtə(ʊ)ˈsɛrətɪd/U.S. /ˌsərdoʊˈsɛrəˌtɪd/
, /ˌsərdoʊˈsɛrəˌtɪd//ˌsərdoʊˈsɛrədəd/ cyrtoceraˈtitic adj.
Brit. /ˌsəːtə(ʊ)sɛrəˈtɪtɪk/
, /ˌsəːtə(ʊ)sɛrəˈtɪtɪk/U.S. /ˈˌsərdoʊˌsɛrəˈtɪdɪk/
/ˈˌsərdoʊˌsɛrəˈtɪdɪk/ cyrtoˈmetric adj.
Brit. /ˌsəːtəˈmɛtrɪk/
, /ˌsəːtəˈmɛtrɪk/U.S. /ˌsərdəˈmɛtrɪk/
[-metric comb. form] /ˌsərdəˈmɛtrɪk/ΘΚΠ
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cardiographic1863
myographic1867
sphygmographic1867
polygraphic1871
cardiometrical1874
stethometric1876
plethysmographic1884
cyrtometric1885
haemautographic1885
spirometric1887
spirometrical1887
pneumographic1888
paedometric1889
myographical1890
stethographic1890
phlebographic1893
cephalometrical1895
oncometric1897
sphygmometric1898
sphygmomanometric1902
electrocardiographic1909
electrographic1909
cystometric1927
oscillometric1927
pneumotachographic1928
phonocardiographic1931
cephalometric1935
electroencephalographic1936
ballistocardiographic1939
phonocardiographical1943
spirographic1946
electronystagmographic1956
magnetocardiographic1970
tympanometric1970
magnetoencephalographic1976
1885 Lancet 26 Sept. A cyrtometric tracing taken of the chest about the nipple level.
cyrˈtometry n.
Brit. /səːˈtɒmᵻtri/
, /səːˈtɒmᵻtri/U.S. /sərˈtɑmətri/
[-metry comb. form] /sərˈtɑmətri/This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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comb. form1867