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autoalgometer

autoalgometer noun: a device that measures the pressure applied to the skin by a metal tip, used to measure pain resistance.

Noun

autoalgometer (plural autoalgometers)

  1. A device that measures the pressure applied to the skin by a metal tip, used to measure pain resistance.
    • The mean pain threshold values obtained with the autoalgometer for both treated and control groups are reported in Table 2 .2015 July 7, Antonietta Santoro et al., “Auricular Acupressure Can Modulate Pain Threshold”, in Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine : eCAM, volume 2015, →DOI

Forms of autoalgometer

pluralautoalgometers
alternative formauto-algometer

Origin of autoalgometer

From auto- + algometer.

Questions about autoalgometer

What does autoalgometer mean?
Autoalgometer means a device that measures the pressure applied to the skin by a metal tip, used to measure pain resistance.
What part of speech is autoalgometer?
Autoalgometer is a noun.
What is the plural of autoalgometer?
The plural of autoalgometer is autoalgometers.

Words near autoalgometer in the dictionary

  1. autoaggregative
  2. autoaggression
  3. autoaggressive
  4. autoalarm
  5. autoalarms
  6. autoalgometer
  7. autoalgometers
  8. autoalgometric
  9. autoalgometry
  10. autoalgorithm
  11. autoalgorithms

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