tropometer

noun

tro·​pom·​e·​ter

trōˈpämətə(r)

: a device to measure rotation (as of the eyeball) or amount of torsion of a long bone

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary trop- + meter

First Known Use

1881, in the meaning defined above

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