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au⋅di⋅om⋅e⋅ter

[aw-dee-om-i-ter]
–noun Medicine/Medical.
an instrument for gauging and recording acuity of hearing.
Also called sonometer.


Origin:
1875–80; audio- + -meter
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au·di·om·e·ter   (ô'dē-ŏm'ĭ-tər)   
n.  An instrument for measuring hearing activity for pure tones of normally audible frequencies. Also called sonometer.
au'di·o·met'ric (-ō-mět'rĭk) adj., au'di·om'e·try n.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: au·di·om·e·ter
Pronunciation: "od-E-'äm-&t-&r
Function: noun
: an instrument used in measuring theacuity of hearing called also acoumeter
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audiometer au·di·om·e·ter (ô'dē-ŏm'ĭ-tər)
n.
An electrical instrument for measuring the threshold of hearing for pure tones of normally audible frequencies generally varying from 200 to 8000 hertz and recorded in decibels.


au'di·o·met'ric (-ō-mět'rĭk) adj.
au'di·o·me·tri'cian (-ō-mə-trĭsh'ən) n.
au'di·om'e·try n.

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