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polysomnograph

polysomnograph noun: polysomnogram.

Noun

polysomnograph (plural polysomnographs)

  1. polysomnogram
    • Researchers had 700 children spend a night in a sleep lab where they were evaluated using a polysomnograph, an instrument that measures sleep quality and breathing function.2009 June 9, Nicholas Bakalar, “Childhood: Obesity Linked to Sleep Disorder”, in New York Times

Forms of polysomnograph

pluralpolysomnographs

Origin of polysomnograph

From poly- + somno- + -graph.

Questions about polysomnograph

What does polysomnograph mean?
Polysomnograph means polysomnogram.
What part of speech is polysomnograph?
Polysomnograph is a noun.
What is the plural of polysomnograph?
The plural of polysomnograph is polysomnographs.

Words near polysomnograph in the dictionary

  1. polysomic
  2. polysomics
  3. polysomies
  4. polysomnogram
  5. polysomnograms
  6. polysomnograph
  7. polysomnographer
  8. polysomnographers
  9. polysomnographic
  10. polysomnographical
  11. polysomnographically

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