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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ple•thys•mo•graph (plə thiz′mə graf′, -gräf′),USA pronunciation n. - Medicinea device for measuring and recording changes in the volume of the body or of a body part or organ.
- Greek plēthysm(ós) increase, multiplication (plēthý(nein) to increase, derivative of plêthos large number, crowd + -smos, variant of -mos noun, nominal suffix) + -o- + -graph; first coined in Italian as pletismografo
- 1870–75;
ple•thys•mo•graph•ic (plə thiz′mə graf′ik),USA pronunciation adj. pleth•ys•mog•ra•phy (pleth′iz mog′rə fē),USA pronunciation n. |