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odynometer|ɒdɪˈnɒmɪtə(r)|
[f. Gr. ὀδύνη pain + -ometer.]
A register or measurer of pain. Hence odynoˈmetrical a., of or pertaining to the measurement of pain.
1889J. M. Duncan Lect. Dis. Wom. iii. (ed. 4) 9 As yet, we have no odynometer, or even good odynometrical resources, to test and measure pain. 1893Daily News 23 Dec. 4/8 But we have no odynometer, and cannot tell whether, when one person bears pain better than another, he is bearing..the same amount and quality of pain. |