hæmometer
(hiːˈmɒmɪtə(r))
[See hæmo- and -meter.]
An instrument for measuring (a) the quantity of blood passing through a vessel in a given time; (b) the pressure of the blood (= hæmodynamometer); or (c) the amount of hæmoglobin in the blood (= hæmoglobinometer).
| 1872 Rutherford in Lancet I. 675 The Hæmometer. I give this name to an instrument invented by Ludwig and Dogiel..The main object of the instrument is to measure the quantity of blood that flows through a vessel in a given time. 1886 Syd. Soc. Lex., Hæmometer, the same as Hæmodynamometer. 1887 Jrnl. R. Microsc. Soc. Ser. ii. VII. 657 Fleischl's Hæmometer..for the estimation of hæmoglobin in the blood, is based on the colorimetric method. |