Definition of Algometry

1. Noun. Measuring sensitivity to pain or pressure.

Generic synonyms: Measure, Measurement, Measuring, Mensuration
Derivative terms: Algometric, Algometrical

Definition of Algometry

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Medical Definition of Algometry

1. The process of measuring pain. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Algometry

algolagniac
algolagniacs
algolagnias
algolagnic
algological
algologies
algologist
algologists
algology
algometer
algometers
algometric
algometrical
algometries
algometry (current term)
algophilias
algophilic
algophilists
algophobia
algophobic
algopsychalia
algor
algorism
algorisms
algorithm
algorithm error
algorithmic

Literary usage of Algometry

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1906)
"algometry, Topography of Pain. III. Peripheral Organs of Pain. IV. Paths of Conduction and Supposed Centers of Pain. ..."

2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1905)
"algometry, Topography of Pain. III. Peripheral Organs of Pain. IV. Paths of Conduction and Supposed Centers of Pain. ..."

3. The Semi-insane and the Semi-responsible: (Demifous Et Demiresponsables) by Joseph Grasset (1907)
"... of the criminal-born (tattooing among criminals—phenomena of molecular changes: temperature, pulse, urine, etc.; general sensibility, algometry, etc. ..."

4. Saint Louis Medical and Surgical Journal (1879)
"... algometry, Functions of Vegetative Life, fortified by the various other scientific significants, can hardly fail to prove the speculative competency of ..."

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