PLETHYSMOGRAPH


Meaning of PLETHYSMOGRAPH in English

-raf, -rȧf noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary plethysmo- (from Greek plēthysmos multiplication, increase, from plēthynein to increase, from plēthys, plēthos mass, magnitude) + -graph; originally formed as Italian pletismografo

: an instrument for determining and registering variations in the size of an organ or limb and in the amount of blood present or passing through it

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.