PLETHYSMOGRAPH


Meaning of PLETHYSMOGRAPH in English

[ plɪ'θɪzməgrα:f ]

■ noun Medicine an instrument for measuring variation in the volume of a part of the body caused by changes in blood pressure.

Derivatives

~ic adjective

Origin

C19: from Gk plēthusmos 'enlargement' (based on plēthus 'fullness') + -graph .

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.