dynamoscope

dynamoscope
dynamoscope
(dɪˈnæməʊskəʊp)
[a. F. dynamoscope (Collongues 1862), f. dynamo- + Gr. -σκοπος, -scope.]
An instrument devised for the prosecution of dynamoscopy.
dynaˈmoscopy [Fr. -opie]; Collongues' name for a special form of auscultation for the observation of the sound called bruit rotatoire, a hollow rumbling heard in living muscular tissue, esp. in the tips of the fingers, and supposed to proceed from fibrillary contraction of the muscles.

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