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TONOMETRY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tonometry mean?
• TONOMETRY (noun)
The noun TONOMETRY has 1 sense:
1. the measurement of intraocular pressure by determining the amount of force needed to make a slight indentation in the cornea
Familiarity information: TONOMETRY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The measurement of intraocular pressure by determining the amount of force needed to make a slight indentation in the cornea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("tonometry" is a kind of...):
measure; measurement; measuring; mensuration (the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule)
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