algesiometry

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noun

The measurement of pain.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

nounalgesiometry (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe measurement of pain.

    It has long been known that "backward translation" works very well in algesiometry.

    2020, Professor John N. Wood, The Oxford Handbook of the Neurobiology of Pain, page 45
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    It is to be hoped that future studies in algesiometry, as described above, will resolve the questions they have posed.

    2012, Winston C.V. Parris, Contemporary Issues in Chronic Pain Management, page 138

    However, in a clinical setting, measuring pain on a scale or algesiometry tests cannot be used unless being a part of the research protocol because it adds to an unwanted variable in the test protocol.

    2021, P. Nagarajan, Ramachandra Gudde, Ramesh Srinivasan, Essentials of Laboratory Animal Science, page 555

Origin

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