n :  a shallow metallic cup or drum with a thin elastic membrane supporting a writing lever used to transmit and register slight motions (as arterial pulsations and peristaltic contractions) .
 
   
 
Similar sounding terms:  dam·ar  day·mare  di·mer  tim·bre 
 
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