(to″ko-di″nә-mom´ә-tәr) an instrument for measuring and recording the expulsive force of uterine contractions.
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A medical instrument that is used to monitor the progression of contractions during labor or preterm labor. It measures the duration, frequency and pressure of uterine contractions and displays them on a screen. A transducer is gently strapped to the laboring woman's abdomen with fabric straps.
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tocodynamometer, tokodynamometer 1. An instrument for measuring uterine contractions during parturition (labor).2. An instrument for recording the amplitude versus time of the expulsive force of uterine muscular contractions during labor at birth. Also called a tocometer and tokodynamometer.
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