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ALGOMETER

Dictionary entry overview: What does algometer mean?

• ALGOMETER (noun)
The noun ALGOMETER has 1 sense:

1. device for measuring pain caused by pressure

Familiarity information: ALGOMETER used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ALGOMETER (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Device for measuring pain caused by pressure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("algometer" is a kind of...):

measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)

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