sphygmomanometer

[ sfig-moh-muh-nom-i-ter ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Physiology.

an instrument, often attached to an inflatable air-bladder cuff and used with a stethoscope, for measuring blood pressure in an artery.

sphygmomanometer

/ ˌsfɪɡməʊməˈnɒmɪtə /

First recorded in 1860–65; sphygmo- + manometer

C19: from sphygmo- + manometer , on the model of French sphygmomanomètre

Dr. Beardsley packed his stethoscope and sphygmomanometer back in his bag and wrote a prescription, which he handed to Gram.

He who worships his sphygmomanometer as a thing apart and infallible will sooner or later come to grief.

One of the best of the mercury instruments is the Brown sphygmomanometer.

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