Kymograph

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Kymograph \Ky"mo*graph\, n. [Gr. ? wave + -graph.] (Physiol.)
     An instrument for measuring, and recording graphically, the
     pressure of the blood in any of the blood vessels of a living
     animal; -- called also {kymographion}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  kymograph
       n : scientific instrument consisting of a rotating drum holding
           paper on which a stylus traces a continuous record (as of
           breathing or blood pressure) [syn: {cymograph}]