Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An instrument used in psychophysical determinations of the stimulus limen and differential limen of cutaneous or muscular pain. Also
algesimeter .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Psychol.) An instrument for measuring sensations of pain due to pressure. It has a piston rod with a blunted tip which is pressed against the skin.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
instrument for measuringpain -inducing stimuli , and thesensitivity to such stimuli
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun device for measuring pain caused by pressure
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- taking sexual pleasure in inflicting or enduring pain. algolagnic, algometer
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