Difference between organ and plethysmograph
organ
Definitions
noun
- a free-reeded instrument with a piano keyboard in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows
- a periodical that is published by a special interest group
- a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
- a government agency or instrument devoted to the performance of some specific function
- wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard
Examples
The pain in his side was crushing, as if there was a steel hand in there relentlessly closing on an organ.
Prior to the 19th century, the region's social structure - outside of a few major cities, including Baghdad - was organized primarily around relatively isolated tribal confederations.
It is a system that is alive, whether or not it possesses all the attributes needed for an organism.
plethysmograph
Definitions
noun
- a measuring instrument for measuring changes in volume of a part or organ or whole body (usually resulting from fluctuations in the amount of blood it contains)
Examples
The fellow is asked to undergo body plethysmography to understand the basic principles.
Thus, the flows estimated in a body plethysmograph may not be fully available to the flow-limited subject.
Their degree of sexual arousal was measured by penile plethysmography, which precisely measures and records male tumescence.
