Meaning & use
urinometer
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A hydrometer designed to measure the specific gravity of urine, used in medical diagnosis.
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The nurse used a urinometer to test the concentration of the patient's urine sample.
Before modern lab equipment, doctors relied on the urinometer to assess kidney function.
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The urinometer was a standard diagnostic tool in 19th- and early 20th-century medicine before automated urinalysis became common.
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