Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The science or art of measuring or recording musical vibrations by means of a tonometer.
- noun In medicine, the measurement of the degree of tension in an organ, as in the eyeball.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) The act of measuring with a tonometer
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- noun The
measurement oftension orpressure .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the measurement of intraocular pressure by determining the amount of force needed to make a slight indentation in the cornea
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Examples
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Screening should consist of an eye examination consisting of gonioscopy (examination of the drainage angle), intraocular pressure measurement with goldmann applanation tonometry (this is much more accurate than the air puff mechanism), and is dilated optic nerve examination.
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Optometrists, who measure eye function, can do tonometry only in certain states.
OUR BODIES, OURSELVES The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective 2005
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The tonometry test measures the inner pressure of the eye.
Blisstree 2010
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Peripheral arterial tonometry (PAT) was assessed in response to reactive hyperemia.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Yrsa Bergmann Sverrisdóttir et al. 2010
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Brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV), using arterial tonometry, and anterior cerebral blood flow (aCBF), using extracranial ultrasound, were measured in 26 participants (67-92 years).
Naturejobs - All Jobs A D Robertson 2010
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Stein J, Shuster J, Theriaque D, Silverstein J, et al. (2007) Peripheral artery tonometry demonstrates altered endothelial function in children with type 1 diabetes.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Yrsa Bergmann Sverrisdóttir et al. 2010
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Measurement of endothelial function is reviewed, including catheter-based methods, venous occlusion plethysmography, high-frequency ultrasound, peripheral arterial tonometry, digital pulse amplitude tonometry, digital thermal monitoring, the
Naturejobs - All Jobs B G Schwartz 2010
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On the first visit reactive hyperemia arterial tonometry (RH-PAT) measurements were performed.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Yrsa Bergmann Sverrisdóttir et al. 2010
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Brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV), using arterial tonometry, and anterior cerebral blood flow (aCBF), using extracranial ultrasound, were measured in 26 participants (67-92 years).
Naturejobs - All Jobs A D Robertson 2010
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Exhibition of Diaton tonometer to the members of American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) presents the opportunity for BiCOM to display the incomparable unique qualities of trans-palpebral and tras-scleral Diaton tonometry - tonometry through the Eyelid.
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