HAEMODROMOMETER
\hˌiːmədɹəmˈɒmɪtə], \hˌiːmədɹəmˈɒmɪtə], \h_ˌiː_m_ə_d_ɹ_ə_m_ˈɒ_m_ɪ_t_ə]\
Definitions of HAEMODROMOMETER
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
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An instrument for measuring the rate of the blood's movement. It consists of a glass tube, 52 inches long, containing water, bent into the form of a hair-pin, which is substituted for a segment of the bloodvessel, the velocity of the blood in which it is required to measure. The column of blood, which comes from the heart, pushes the column of water before it, and thus enables the velocity of the blood to be estimated.
By Robley Dunglison
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