Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A hydrometer for measuring the specific gravity of urine.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An instrument for ascertaining the specific gravity of urine. It is constructed upon the principle of the common hydrometer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A small hydrometer for determining the specific gravity of urine.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
hydrometer used to measure thespecific gravity ofurine
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Examples
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An ordinary urinometer such as used by physicians in estimating the specific gravity of urine may also be used.
The Mother and Her Child William S. Sadler
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Mr. J.J. Hicks, of 8 Hatton Garden, E.C., manufactures a very creditable "patent urinometer" at an extremely low cost.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 611, September 17, 1887 Various
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The _specific gravity_ should be taken at about 60° F. in an ordinary specific gravity bottle, or more conveniently by means of a good _urinometer_.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 611, September 17, 1887 Various
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By the urinometer we determine the specific gravity of the urine; by the use of litmus its acid or alkaline reaction, is ascertained; while various chemicals, when added to it, produce certain specific changes, according to the morbid alterations which it has undergone by reason of disease.
The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Ray Vaughn Pierce 1877
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