hæmautograph
(hiːˈmɔːtəgrɑːf, -græf)
[f. hæmo- + autograph.]
The apparatus used in tracing the pulse-curve obtained by opening an artery and allowing the stream of blood to strike against a roll of paper moving in front of it. Hence hæmautoˈgraphic, a.; hæmauˈtography, the operation of recording the pulse-curve in this way.
| 1885 Stirling tr. Landois' Hum. Physiol. I. 135 Hæmautography. Ibid. 136 Hæmautographic curve of the posterior tibial artery of a large dog. 1886 Syd. Soc. Lex., Hæmautography. The tracing..closely resembles a sphygmographic tracing, and consists of a primary wave, a dicrotic wave, and slight vibrations in the downward falling line. |