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ZEOSCOPE

\zɪˈɒskə͡ʊp], \zɪˈɒskə‍ʊp], \z_ɪ__ˈɒ_s_k_əʊ_p]\

Definitions of ZEOSCOPE

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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A device for determining the alcoholic content of a liquid by ascertaining its exact boiling point.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

Apparatus for determining the alcoholic strength of a liquid by means of its boiling-point.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

An apparatus for determining the alcoholic strength of a liquid, zero marking the boiling point of pure water and 100 that of absolute alcohol. [Gr., zein, to boil, + skopein, to examine.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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