HyperDic: tonometry

English > 1 sense of the word tonometry:
NOUNacttonometrythe measurement of intraocular pressure by determining the amount of force needed to make a slight indentation in the cornea
English > tonometry: 1 sense > noun 1, act
MeaningThe measurement of intraocular pressure by determining the amount of force needed to make a slight indentation in the cornea.
Broadermeasurement, measuring, measure, mensurationThe act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
Spanishtonometría
Catalantonometria

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