piesimeter, piesometer

piesimeter, piesometer
An instrument for measuring the pressure of a gas or a fluid. SYN: piezometer. [G. piesis, pressure]
- Hales p. a glass tube inserted into an artery at right angles to its axis, the pressure being shown by the height to which the blood ascends in the tube.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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