† odynometern.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ὀδύνη , -ometer comb. form.

Etymology: < ancient Greek ὀδύνη pain (see -odynia comb. form) + -ometer comb. form. N.E.D. (1902) gives the pronunciation as (ǫdinǫ·mĭtəɹ) /ɒdɪˈnɒmɪtə(r)/.

Obsolete.

A (hypothetical) instrument for measuring pain.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > [noun] > sensitivity to > measurement of > instrument

odynometer1867

algesimeter1879

algesiometer1889

algometer1890

dolorimeter1949

1867 Dublin Univ. Mag. 70 67/2 If among all these ‘meters’—electronometers, hygrometers, anemometers—odynometer, to detect the presence and measure the intensity of hidden pain, were procurable.

1881 Trans. Obstetr. Soc. 12 29 We had as yet no odynometer to enable us to make a secure commencement of the inquiry by having some definiteness as to the kind and degree of pain to be studied.

1893 Daily News 23 Dec. 4/8 But we have no odynometer, and cannot tell whether, when one person bears pain better than another, he is bearing..the same amount and quality of pain.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	odynometer
释义	† odynometern. Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ὀδύνη , -ometer comb. form. Etymology: < ancient Greek ὀδύνη pain (see -odynia comb. form) + -ometer comb. form. N.E.D. (1902) gives the pronunciation as (ǫdinǫ·mĭtəɹ) /ɒdɪˈnɒmɪtə(r)/. Obsolete. A (hypothetical) instrument for measuring pain. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > [noun] > sensitivity to > measurement of > instrument odynometer1867 algesimeter1879 algesiometer1889 algometer1890 dolorimeter1949 1867 Dublin Univ. Mag. 70 67/2 If among all these ‘meters’—electronometers, hygrometers, anemometers—odynometer, to detect the presence and measure the intensity of hidden pain, were procurable. 1881 Trans. Obstetr. Soc. 12 29 We had as yet no odynometer to enable us to make a secure commencement of the inquiry by having some definiteness as to the kind and degree of pain to be studied. 1893 Daily News 23 Dec. 4/8 But we have no odynometer, and cannot tell whether, when one person bears pain better than another, he is bearing..the same amount and quality of pain. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1867
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