[f. as prec. + -METER. Cf. F. urinomètre.] An instrument for determining the specific gravity or weight of urine.
Also, in recent Dicts. (1891–), urinometric, -ometry.
1843. Penny Cycl., XXVI. 55/1. [The] Urinometer … is constructed on the principle of a common hydrometer.
1858. Thudichum, Urine, 34. Which, when destined to be used for the urine only, should be called urogravimeter, but has been wrongly styled urinometer.
1898. Allbutt’s Syst. Med., V. 426. A urinometer possessing a somewhat extensive scale of graduations.
attrib. 1898. Allbutt’s Syst. Med., V. 426. Chloroform and benzol are mixed in an ordinary urinometer glass.
