dolorimeter

[ doh-luh-rim-i-ter ]

noun

, Medicine/Medical.

1. an instrument used in dolorimetry.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dolorimeter¹

First recorded in 1945–50; dolor + -i- + -meter

Example Sentences

In the nineteen-forties, doctors at Cornell University used a heat-emitting instrument known as a “dolorimeter” to apply precise increments of pain to the forehead.

From The New Yorker

Corkin and her colleagues learned that if you placed a pain-­inflicting device called a dolorimeter to Henry’s chest, he wouldn’t complain even as his skin began to turn red and burn.

From New York Times

For Cleveland's Dr. Lorand Julius Bela Gluzek has rigged up an efficient little machine called a dolorimeter, which measures pain in grams.

From Time Magazine Archive