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dolorimeter

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[doh-luh-rim-i-ter] / ˌdoʊ ləˈrɪm ɪ tər /

noun

Medicine/Medical.
  1. an instrument used in dolorimetry.


Etymology

Origin of dolorimeter

First recorded in 1945–50; dolor + -i- + -meter

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For Cleveland's Dr. Lorand Julius Bela Gluzek has rigged up an efficient little machine called a dolorimeter, which measures pain in grams.

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