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单词 algometry
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algometryn.

Brit. /alˈɡɒmᵻtri/, U.S. /ælˈɡɑmətri/
Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian algometria.
Etymology: < Italian algometria (C. Lombroso 1867, in Annali universali di medicina 200 102; compare quot. 1867, which is taken from an abstract of this article; < ancient Greek ἄλγος pain + Italian -metria -metry comb. form, after Italian algometro algometer n.), with remodelling of the second element after -metry comb. form.
Medicine and Physiology.
The measurement of responses to painful stimuli and sensitivity to pain, esp. by the use of an algometer.
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algometry1867
1867 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 21 Sept. 252/1 Electric Algometry.—Numerous experiments with Ruhmkorff's apparatus have been made on twenty-three healthy and seventy-three insane persons.
1879 Lancet 1 Mar. 321/2 Electric Algometry, with the Dubois Reymond and Grenet pile, yields a very exquisite pain-producing (dolorifica) sensibility to the electric stimulus.
1909 W. F. Robertson & T. C. Mackenzie tr. E. Tanzi Text-bk. Mental Dis. iv. 116 Among degenerates there is frequently a degree of insensibility to touch and to pain, which is usually measured by means of the induced current (electrical algometry).
1975 Pain 1 73 Some requirements for an improved technique of pressure algometry are discussed.
2008 Arch. Physical Med. & Rehabilit. 89 16/2 We used pressure algometry to measure local pain (pressure pain threshold [PPT]) bilaterally in all subjects.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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