kymograph

noun ky·mo·graph \-ˌgraf\

Definition of KYMOGRAPH

: a device which graphically records motion or pressure (as of blood)

— ky·mo·graph·ic \ˌkī-mə-ˈgra-fik\ adjective

— ky·mog·ra·phy \kī-ˈmä-grə-fē\ noun

Origin of KYMOGRAPH

Greek kyma wave + International Scientific Vocabulary -graph — more at cyme

First Known Use: 1872

Rhymes with KYMOGRAPH

allograph, autograph, barograph, bathyscaphe, cenotaph, chronograph, circle graph, cryptograph, epigraph, epitaph, half-and-half, hectograph, holograph, homograph, hygrograph, lithograph, logograph, micrograph, monograph, pantograph, paragraph, phonograph, photograph, pictograph, polygraph, quarterstaff, seismograph, serigraph, shadowgraph, shandygaff, spectrograph, sphygmograph, telegraph, thermograph, typograph

Medical Dictionary

kymograph

noun ky·mo·graph \-ˌgraf\

Medical Definition of KYMOGRAPH

: a device which graphically records motion or pressure; especially : a recording device including an electric motor or clockwork that drives a usually slowly revolving drum which carries a roll of plain or smoked paper and also having an arrangement for tracing on the paper by means of a stylus a graphic record of motion or pressure (as of the organs of speech, blood pressure, or respiration) often in relation to particular intervals of time

—ky·mo·graph·ic \ˌkī-mə-ˈgraf-ik\ adjective

—ky·mog·ra·phy \kī-ˈmäg-rə-fē\ noun, plural ky·mog·ra·phies