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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)play

  Familiarity information: TONOMETER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TONOMETER (noun)


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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