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goniometer
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goniometer /go·ni·om·e·ter/ (go″ne-om´ĕ-ter)
1. an instrument for measuring angles.
2. a plank that can be tilted at one end to any height, used in testing for labyrinthine disease.

finger goniometer  one for measuring the limits of flexion and extension of the interphalangeal joints of the fingers.

go·ni·om·e·ter (gn-m-tr)
n.
1. An optical instrument for measuring crystal angles, as between crystal faces.
2. See arthrometer.

goniometer
[gon′ē·om′ətər]
an instrument used to measure angles, particularly range-of-motion angles of a joint.

goniometer [go″ne-om´ĕ-ter]
an instrument for measuring angles; the instrument used in goniometry.
Two examples of universal goniometers commonly used by the clinician. From Kottke and Lehmann, 1990.
finger goniometer one for measuring the limits of flexion and extension of the joints between the phalanges of the fingers.

goniometer
an instrument for measuring angles; the instrument used in goniometry.


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