kymograph

kymograph
kymographic /kuy'meuh graf"ik/, adj.
/kuy"meuh graf', -grahf'/, n.
an instrument for measuring and graphically recording variations in fluid pressure, as those of the human pulse.
Also, cymograph.
[1865-70; KYMO- + -GRAPH]

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