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TONOMETER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Measuring instrument for measuring tension or pressure (especially for measuring intraocular pressure in testing for glaucoma)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("tonometer" is a kind of...):
measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb tonometer