bdellometer

English

Etymology

From the French bdellomètre, from the Ancient Greek βδέλλα (bdélla, “leech”) + the French -mètre (“-meter”), itself from the Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “(something used to) measure”).

Noun

bdellometer (plural bdellometers)

  1. (medicine) A cupping glass to which a scarificator and an exhausting syringe are attached.[1]

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References

  1. ^ Robley Dunglison (1839), “BDELLOMETER”, in Medical Lexicon. A New Dictionary of Medical Science, […], 2nd edition, Philadelphia, Pa.: Lea and Blanchard, successors to Carey and Co., →OCLC

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