Definition of kymograph Kymograph

ky•mo•graph

We found 5 definitions of kymograph from 5 different sources.

What does kymograph mean?

WordNet

Noun

Plural: kymographs

kymograph - scientific instrument consisting of a rotating drum holding paper on which a stylus traces a continuous record (as of breathing or blood pressure)

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Wiktionary

kymograph (Noun)
A device that gives a graphical representation of a variation in a phenomenon such as blood pressure over time, using a pen on a rotating drum.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

kymograph (n.)
An instrument for measuring, and recording graphically, the pressure of the blood in any of the blood vessels of a living animal; -- called also kymographion.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

kymograph
kī′mō-graf, n. an instrument for measuring the pressure of fluids, esp. of blood in a blood-vessel.—adj. Kymograph′ic. [Gr. kyma, a wave, graphein, to write.]