kymograph
About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.
About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.ky·mo·graph
noun \-ˌgraf\Definition of KYMOGRAPH
: a device which graphically records motion or pressure (as of blood)
— ky·mo·graph·ic \ˌkī-mə-ˈgra-fik\ adjective
— ky·mog·ra·phy \kī-ˈmä-grə-fē\ noun
Origin of KYMOGRAPH
Greek kyma wave + International Scientific Vocabulary -graph — more at cyme
First Known Use: 1872
Rhymes with KYMOGRAPH
allograph, autograph, barograph, bathyscaphe, cenotaph, chronograph, circle graph, cryptograph, epigraph, epitaph, half-and-half, hectograph, holograph, homograph, hygrograph, lithograph, logograph, micrograph, monograph, pantograph, paragraph, phonograph, photograph, pictograph, polygraph, quarterstaff, seismograph, serigraph, shadowgraph, shandygaff, spectrograph, sphygmograph, telegraph, thermograph, typograph
ky·mo·graph
noun \-ˌgraf\ (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of KYMOGRAPH
: a device which graphically records motion or pressure; especially : a recording device including an electric motor or clockwork that drives a usually slowly revolving drum which carries a roll of plain or smoked paper and also having an arrangement for tracing on the paper by means of a stylus a graphic record of motion or pressure (as of the organs of speech, blood pressure, or respiration) often in relation to particular intervals of time
—ky·mo·graph·ic \ˌkī-mə-ˈgraf-ik\ adjective
—ky·mog·ra·phy \kī-ˈmäg-rə-fē\ noun, plural ky·mog·ra·phies
Learn More About KYMOGRAPH
Browse
Seen & Heard 
What made you want to look up kymograph? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).
