tonometric

Variant of tonometer

noun

  1. an instrument for determining the pitch of a tone; specif., a tuning fork or, esp., a set of tuning forks
  2. an instrument for measuring vapor pressure
  3. Med., Physiol. any of various instruments for measuring tension, as of the eyeball, or pressure, as of the blood

Origin: < Gr tonos, tone + -meter

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