perineometer
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
perineometer (plural perineometers)
- An instrument for measuring the strength of voluntary contractions of the pelvic floor muscles.
- 1951 July, Richard D. Reekie, “Critical Analysis of Recent Advances in Gynecology”, in Northwest Medicine, volume 50, number 7, Portland, Ore.: Northwest Medical Publishing Association, page 508:
- The perineometer of Kagele was unheard of and the hormonology of today is a far cry from the rather crude and relatively weak hormones available in the early and mid-thirties.