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dolorimeter

American  
[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

Example Sentences

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In the nineteen-forties, doctors at Cornell University used a heat-emitting instrument known as a “dolorimeter” to apply precise increments of pain to the forehead.

From The New Yorker

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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