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Hemadynamometer

Heˊma-dy′na-mom′e-ter

,
Noun.
[
Hema-
+
dynamometr
.]
(Physiol.)
An instrument by which the pressure of the blood in the arteries, or veins, is measured by the height to which it will raise a column of mercury; – called also a
haemomanometer
.