Polysomnograph

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    polysomnogram

    "Researchers had 700 children spend a night in a sleep lab where they were evaluated using a polysomnograph, an instrument that measures sleep quality and breathing function."

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"Researchers had 700 children spend a night in a sleep lab where they were evaluated using a polysomnograph, an instrument that measures sleep quality and breathing function."

Etymology

From poly- + somno- + -graph.

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