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TONOMETER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tonometer mean?
• TONOMETER (noun)
The noun TONOMETER has 1 sense:
1. measuring instrument for measuring tension or pressure (especially for measuring intraocular pressure in testing for glaucoma)
Familiarity information: TONOMETER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Measuring instrument for measuring tension or pressure (especially for measuring intraocular pressure in testing for glaucoma)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("tonometer" is a kind of...):
measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)
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