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kymograph

(-graf′)

noun

an apparatus consisting of a rotating drum for recording wavelike motions, variations, or modulations, such as muscular contractions

Origin: < Gr kyma, a wave (see cyme) + -graph

Related Forms:

kymographic adjective
kymography noun

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noun

An instrument for recording variations in pressure, as of the blood, or in tension, as of a muscle, by means of a pen or stylus that marks a rotating drum.

Origin:

Origin: Greek kūma, something swollen; see cyma

Origin: + -graph

Related Forms:

kyˌmo·graphˈic adjective

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