algesiometry en · NOUN
Etymology
From algesia + -metry.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The measurement of pain.
However, in a clinical setting, measuring pain on a scale or algesiometry tests cannot be used unless being a part of the research protocol because it adds to an unwanted variable in the test protocol.
2021, P. Nagarajan, Ramachandra Gudde, Ramesh Srinivasan, Essentials of Laboratory Animal Science, page 555:It is to be hoped that future studies in algesiometry, as described above, will resolve the questions they have posed.
2012, Winston C.V. Parris, Contemporary Issues in Chronic Pain Management, page 138:It has long been known that "backward translation" works very well in algesiometry.
2020, Professor John N. Wood, The Oxford Handbook of the Neurobiology of Pain, page 45: