单词 | algometry |
释义 | algometryn. Medicine and Physiology. The measurement of responses to painful stimuli and sensitivity to pain, esp. by the use of an algometer. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > [noun] > sensitivity to > measurement of 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). < n.1867 |
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