kymograph
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ky·mo·graph
(kī'mō-graf),An obsolete instrument for recording wavelike motions or modulation, especially for recording variations in blood pressure; it consists of a drum usually revolved by clockwork and covered with smoked paper upon which the curve is inscribed by a stylet or other writing point.
[G. kyma, wave, + graphō, to record]
kymograph
(kī′mə-grăf′)n.
An instrument for recording variations in pressure, as of the blood, or in tension, as of a muscle, by means of a pen or stylus that marks a rotating drum.
ky′mo·graph′ic adj.
ky·mo·graph
(kī'mō-graf)An instrument for recording wavelike motions or modulation of body organs (e.g., heart, great blood vessels); it consists of a drum revolved by clockwork and covered with smoked paper on which the curve is inscribed by a writing point.
[G. kyma, wave, + graphō, to record]