Meanings
nounautoalgometer (plural autoalgometers)
plural autoalgometers · alternative auto-algometer
- A device that measures the pressure applied to the skin by a metal tip, used to measure pain resistance.
The mean pain threshold values obtained with the autoalgometer for both treated and control groups are reported in Table 2 .
2015 July 7, Antonietta Santoro et al., “Auricular Acupressure Can Modulate Pain Threshold”, in Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine : eCAM, volume 2015, →DOI
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