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pneumotonometer

pneumotonometer noun: an ophthalmic instrument that is used to measure the intraocular pressure using a balanced air pressure (sometimes achieved by blowing a puff of air at the cornea and measuring the subsequent flattening for the corneal surface).

Noun

pneumotonometer (plural pneumotonometers)

  1. An ophthalmic instrument that is used to measure the intraocular pressure using a balanced air pressure (sometimes achieved by blowing a puff of air at the cornea and measuring the subsequent flattening for the corneal surface)

Forms of pneumotonometer

pluralpneumotonometers

Origin of pneumotonometer

From pneumo- + tonometer.

Questions about pneumotonometer

What does pneumotonometer mean?
Pneumotonometer means an ophthalmic instrument that is used to measure the intraocular pressure using a balanced air pressure (sometimes achieved by blowing a puff of air at the cornea and measuring the subsequent flattening for the corneal surface).
What part of speech is pneumotonometer?
Pneumotonometer is a noun.
What is the plural of pneumotonometer?
The plural of pneumotonometer is pneumotonometers.

Words near pneumotonometer in the dictionary

  1. pneumothoraces
  2. pneumothorax
  3. pneumothoraxes
  4. pneumotomies
  5. pneumotomy
  6. pneumotonometer
  7. pneumotonometers
  8. pneumotonometric
  9. pneumotonometry
  10. pneumotoxic
  11. pneumotoxicant

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