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algesimeter
An instrument used in measuring the sensitiveness to or the perception threshold for pain as produced with a sharp point or an apparatus for determining the sensitiveness of the skin.
This entry is located in the following units: algesi-, alge-, alges-, algesio-, algi-, algio-, -algesia, -algesic, -algetic, -algic, -algia, -algy (page 2) meter-, metro-, metr-, -metrical, -metrically, -metron, -metric, -metrist, -meter, -meters, -metry, -metre (page 2)
algometer, algesimeter
An instrument that purports to measure sensitiveness to pain in terms of amount of pressure exerted on the skin by a blunt instrument.
Weeds are a pain in the grass.
—Slogan on an invoice from a Pennsylvania tree-and-lawn-spraying service.
This entry is located in the following units: algo-, alg- (page 1) meter-, metro-, metr-, -metrical, -metrically, -metron, -metric, -metrist, -meter, -meters, -metry, -metre (page 3)