kymograph noun. ['kʌɪmǝ(ʊ)grɑ:f] M19.
[from Greek kumo- combining form of kuma wave (see -O-) + -GRAPH.]
1. An instrument for recording variations in pressure e.g. of blood in the blood-vessels, of air during respiration or speech, etc., by the trace of a stylus on a rotating cylinder; a recording manometer. M19.
2. Medicine. An apparatus for recording the movement of the heart or other internal organs on an X-ray plate or film. Also called roentgenkymograph. M20.

■ kymo'graphic adjective pertaining to or made with a kymograph L19.

■ kymo'graphically adverb by means of a kymograph M20.

■ kymography [kʌɪ'mɒgrǝfi] noun the technique or process of using a kymograph M20.

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