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Medical Definition of Ochrometer
1. An instrument for determining the capillary blood pressure; one of two adjacent fingers is compressed by a rubber balloon until blanching of the skin occurs, after which the force necessary to accomplish this colour change is read in millimeters of mercury. Origin: G. Ochros, pale yellow, + metron, measure (05 Mar 2000)
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