Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a medical instrument that records several physiological processes simultaneously (e.g., pulse rate and blood pressure and respiration and perspiration);
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Polygraph \Pol"y*graph\, n. [Gr. ? writing much; poly`s much,
many + ? to write: cf. F. polygraphe.]
1. An instrument for multiplying copies of a writing; a
manifold writer; a copying machine.
[1913 Webster]
2. In bibliography, a collection of different works, either
by one or several authors. --Brande & C.
[1913 Webster]
[1913 Webster] Polygraphic
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
polygraph
n 1: a medical instrument that records several physiological
processes simultaneously (e.g., pulse rate and blood
pressure and respiration and perspiration)