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tokodynamometer
[ toh-koh-dahy-nuh-mom-i-ter ]
noun
- a pressure gauge strapped to the mother's abdomen during labor to measure uterine contractions.
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Origin of tokodynamometer1
< Greek tók(os) “childbirth” + -o- + dynamometer
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