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algesiometry

algesiometry noun: the measurement of pain.

Noun

algesiometry (uncountable)

  1. The measurement of pain.
    • It is to be hoped that future studies in algesiometry, as described above, will resolve the questions they have posed.2012, Winston C.V. Parris, Contemporary Issues in Chronic Pain Management, page 138
    • It has long been known that "backward translation" works very well in algesiometry.2020, Professor John N. Wood, The Oxford Handbook of the Neurobiology of Pain, page 45

Origin of algesiometry

From algesia + -metry.

Words formed from algesiometry

Questions about algesiometry

What does algesiometry mean?
Algesiometry means the measurement of pain.
What part of speech is algesiometry?
Algesiometry is a noun.

Words near algesiometry in the dictionary

  1. algesiogenic
  2. algesiology
  3. algesiometer
  4. algesiometers
  5. algesiometric
  6. algesiometry
  7. algesthesia
  8. algesthesis
  9. algestone
  10. algetic
  11. Algherese

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