cymograph

• Instrument scientifique à tambour rotatif sur lequel est fixé du papier, et dont un style trace un enregistrement continu de mesures physiologiques telles que la respiration ou la pression artérielle.

A scientific instrument with a rotating drum that holds paper, on which a stylus traces a continuous record of physiological measurements such as breathing or blood pressure.

1. Scientific recording instrumentC2formalscientific

   A scientific instrument consisting of a rotating drum holding paper on which a stylus traces a continuous record, such as of breathing or blood pressure.

   Cymographe (instrument d'enregistrement)

   • The cymograph was used to record the patient's respiratory patterns.
   • Early physiologists relied on the cymograph to measure blood pressure changes.
   • The stylus on the cymograph traced a steady line as the drum rotated.

   Synonymeskymograph