- piesimeter
- pi·esim·e·ter (pi″ə-simґə-tər) [Gr. piesis pressure + -meter] an instrument for testing the sensitiveness of the skin to pressure.
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piesimeter, piesometer — An instrument for measuring the pressure of a gas or a fluid. SYN: piezometer. [G. piesis, pressure] Hales p. a glass tube inserted into an artery at right angles to its axis, the pressure being shown by the … Medical dictionary
Hales piesimeter — (hālz) [Stephen Hales, English physiologist, 1677–1761] see under piesimeter … Medical dictionary
Hales piesimeter — a glass tube inserted into an artery for the purpose of ascertaining the blood pressure by the height to which the blood rises in the tube … Medical dictionary
piezometer — SYN: piesimeter. * * * pi·ezom·e·ter .pē ə zäm ət ər, pē .āt säm n an instrument for measuring pressure or compressibility esp one for measuring the change of pressure of a material subjected to hydrostatic pressure pi·ezo·met·ric pē .ā zə me… … Medical dictionary
Hales — Stephen, English physiologist, 1677–1761. See H. piesimeter … Medical dictionary
