See Also: gastrotonometry(medicine)

baptistery (sh) and gastrotonometry (medicine)


baptistery (sh)




or baptistry

Domed hall or chapel, adjacent to or part of a church, for the administration of baptism.

By the 4th century, the baptistery had assumed an eight-sided shape (eight in Christian Numerology being the symbol for a new life), as had the baptismal font within. The font itself was set beneath a dome-shaped baldachin and encircled by columns and an ambulatory (aisle), features first used by the Byzantines.


Battistero (baptistery) San. Giovanni, Florence, begun 7th century

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gastrotonometry (medicine)


gastrotonometry


The measurement of intragastric pressure.

Origin: Gastro-+ G. Tonos, tension, + metron, measure