pathometer

pathometer
\\pəˈthäməd.ə(r), paˈ-\ noun
Etymology: path- + -meter
: a lie detector that measures electrical impulses of the body — compare polygraph

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • pathometer — pa·thom·e·ter …   English syllables

  • pathometer — An instrument for measuring electrical impulses of the human body, employed as a lie detector …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • lie detector — An instrument, sometimes called a pathometer, whose advocates claim for it that when attached to a witness, it will indicate whether he is testifying truthfully or not. People v Forte, 279 NY 204, 18 NE2d 31, 119 ALR 1198. An instrumentality used …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • path- — combining form or patho Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, from pathos experience, emotion, passion, suffering more at pathos 1. : pat …   Useful english dictionary

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