autoalgometer

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English

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Etymology

From auto- +‎ algometer.

Noun

autoalgometer (plural autoalgometers)

  1. A device, that measures the pressure applied to the skin by a metal tip, used to measure pain resistance
    • 2015 July 7, Antonietta Santoro et al., “Auricular Acupressure Can Modulate Pain Threshold”, in Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine : eCAM, volume 2015, →DOI:
      The mean pain threshold values obtained with the autoalgometer for both treated and control groups are reported in Table 2 .