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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
plethysmograph
 
SYLLABICATION:ple·thys·mo·graph
PRONUNCIATION:  pl-thzm-grf, pl-
NOUN: An instrument that measures variations in the size of an organ or body part on the basis of the amount of blood passing through or present in the part.
ETYMOLOGY:Greek plthusmos, increase (from plthnein, to increase, from plths, quantity, from plthein, to be full; see pel-1 in Appendix I) + –graph.
OTHER FORMS:ple·thysmo·graphic —ADJECTIVE
ple·thysmo·graphi·cal·ly —ADVERB
plethys·mogra·phy (plthz-mgr-f) —NOUN
 
 
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