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kymograph
CIDE DICTIONARY
kymograph, n. [Gr. wave + -graph.].
An instrument for measuring, and recording graphically, the pressure of the blood in any of the blood vessels of a living animal; -- called also kymographion . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
kymograph, n. an instrument for recording variations in pressure, e.g. in sound waves or in blood within blood-vessels.
Derivative
kymographic adj.
Etymology
Gk kuma wave + -GRAPH
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