esthesiometer

[ es-thee-zee-om-i-ter ]

noun

, Medicine/Medical.

1. an instrument for measuring the degree of tactile sensibility.

Other Words From

• es·thesi·ome·try noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of esthesiometer¹

esthes(is) + -o- + -meter

Example Sentences

An examination of them by means of an esthesiometer shows that their nerves are no better developed than those of other people, though they may be able to recognize much minuter differences between the "feel" of things and may be able to read raised type, which the seeing cannot.

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With an esthesiometer, their power to recognize the distance between the points of a calipers is shown to be no better than that of an ordinarily sensitive individual.

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In the absence of an esthesiometer, a rough calculation may be made by using an ordinary drawing compass or even a hairpin, separating the two points and measuring with the eye the distance at which they are felt to be separate.

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This is an instrument very similar to Weber's esthesiometer, but the points are replaced by receptacles filled with water of varying heat and furnished with thermometers.

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In homage to these ideas, I applied to the clinical examination of cases of mental alienation the study of the skull, with measurements and weights, by means of the esthesiometer and craniometer.

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