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isogravimetric en · ADJ

Etymology

From iso- (“same”) + gravi- (“weight”) + -metric (“measured”) or iso- (“same”) + gravimetric (“measured weight”).

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, of an organ) having a constant weight
    • We regulate the arterial inflow line and the venous outflow line back and forth until we have an isogravimetric or constant weight system. 1974, David G. Reynolds, Kenneth G. Swan, The Splanchnic Circulation in Shock, page 78:
    • In an isogravimetric (not losing or gaining weight) isolated perfused lung, pulmonary arterial and venous pressures, and pulmonary blood flow are measured. 2012, Stefan Uhlig, Aubrey E. Taylor, Methods in Pulmonary Research, Birkhäuser, →ISBN, page 179:
    • The basic assumption made in determining an isogravimetric microvascular pressure is that the organ is in an isogravimetric state, neither gaining nor losing weight. 1978, Norman C. Staub, Lung Water and Solute Exchange, →ISBN: