ochrometer
ochrometer
[ŏ-krom´ĕ-ter]an instrument for measuring capillary blood pressure.
o·chrom·e·ter
(ō-krom'ĕ-ter),An instrument for determining the capillary blood pressure; one of two adjacent fingers is compressed by a rubber balloon until blanching of the skin occurs, after which the force necessary to accomplish this color change is read in millimeters of mercury.
[G. ōchros, pale yellow, + metron, measure]
ochrometer
/ochrom·e·ter/ (ŏ-krom´ĕ-ter) an instrument for measuring capillary blood pressure.o·chrom·e·ter
(ō-krom'ĕ-tĕr)An instrument for determining the capillary blood pressure; one of two adjacent fingers is compressed by a rubber balloon until blanching of the skin occurs, after which the force necessary to accomplish this color change is read in millimeters of mercury.
[G. ōchros, pale yellow, + metron, measure]
ochrometer
an instrument for measuring capillary blood pressure.