stethometern.
/stɪˈθɒmɪtə/ An instrument for measuring the extent of the movement of the walls of the chest in breathing.
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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
1850 Quain in Lond. Jrnl. Med. II. 927 (note) The instrument..must have a name, and I have therefore called it a Stethometer.
1861 S. S. Alison Physical Exam. Chest 341 Dr. Quain's stethometer..resembles a watch, having a dial and index.
1877 M. Foster Text Bk. Physiol. (1878) ii. ii. 256 The movements of the chest walls may be recorded by means of the recording stethometer of Burdon Sanderson.
Derivatives
stethoˈmetric adj. relating to or obtained by means of the stethometer.
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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
1876 A. Ransome Stethometry vii. 137 The stethometric register in June 1872 was as under.
stethometry n. /stɪˈθɒmɪtrɪ/ measurement by a stethometer, the use of the stethometer.
/stɪˈθɒmɪtrɪ/ measurement by a stethometer, the use of the stethometer.ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > specific measuring or recording > [noun]
arteriography1833
pulmometry1835
pneumometry1853
sphygmography1859
spirometry1859
sphygmometry1867
pneumatometry1876
stethography1876
stethometry1876
cephalometry1881
haemautography1885
haemoglobinometry1887
pelvigraphy1890
plethysmography1890
sphygmomanometry1905
electrocardiography1910
phlebography1912
phonocardiography1913
T.P.R.1917
Fick('s) principle1920
pneumography1921
polygraphy1923
electromyography1926
oscillometry1927
pneumotachography1930
electroencephalography1935
oximetry1944
vectorcardiography1946
ballistocardiography1950
tympanometry1956
thermography1957
cystometry1959
spirography1959
rheograph1960
magnetocardiography1967
Fick method1968
magnetoencephalography1968
biofeedback1970
tympanography1977
1876 A. Ransome Stethometry vii. 138 Stethometry is..sometimes of use in supplementing the examination of the chest by other methods.
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