TONOMETRY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The measurement of intraocular pressure by determining the amount of force needed to make a slight indentation in the cornea

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Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("tonometry" is a kind of...):

measure; measurement; measuring; mensuration (the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule)

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