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 is attached.[1]

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

“bdellometer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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