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Word: Algometry
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 19th century; earliest use found in The British Medical Journal. From Italian algometria, with remodelling of the second element after -metry
Definition:
The measurement of responses to painful stimuli and sensitivity to pain, especially by the use of an algometer.
