Autoalgometer

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A device that measures the pressure applied to the skin by a metal tip, used to measure pain resistance.

    "The mean pain threshold values obtained with the autoalgometer for both treated and control groups are reported in Table 2 ."

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"The mean pain threshold values obtained with the autoalgometer for both treated and control groups are reported in Table 2 ."

Etymology

From auto- + algometer.

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