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tonometer


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tonometer  \To*nom"e*ter\,  n.  [Gr.  ?  a  stretching,  a  tone  + 
  -meter.] 
  1.  (Physics.)  An  instrument  for  determining  the  rate  of 
  vibrations  in  tones. 
 
  2.  (Physiol.) 
  a  An  apparatus  for  studying  and  registering  the  action 
  of  various  fluids  and  drugs  on  the  excised  heart  of 
  lower  animals. 
  b  An  instrument  for  measuring  tension,  esp.  that  of  the 
  eyeball. 




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