isogravimetric

isogravimetric

English

Etymology

iso- (“same”) +‎ gravi- (“weight”) +‎ -metric (“measured”) or iso- (“same”) +‎ gravimetric (“measured weight”)

Adjective

isogravimetric (not comparable)

1. (anatomy, of an organ) having a constant weight
   • 1974, David G. Reynolds, Kenneth G. Swan, The Splanchnic Circulation in Shock, page 78:

     We regulate the arterial inflow line and the venous outflow line back and forth until we have an isogravimetric or constant weight system.

   • 2012, Stefan Uhlig, Aubrey E. Taylor, Methods in Pulmonary Research, Birkhäuser (→ISBN), page 179:

     In an isogravimetric (not losing or gaining weight) isolated perfused lung, pulmonary arterial and venous pressures, and pulmonary blood flow are measured.

   • 1978, Norman C. Staub, Lung Water and Solute Exchange (→ISBN)

     The basic assumption made in determining an isogravimetric microvascular pressure is that the organ is in an isogravimetric state, neither gaining nor losing weight.