sphygmograph
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of sphygmograph
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The deacon says that, wonderful as the sphygmograph is, the pulse itself is more wonderful still—a fact which no good ST.
From St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 5, March, 1878 by Various
The blood pressure may be sufficient, or even increased if arteriosclerosis is present, although the rise of the sphygmograph tracing is not so high as normal.
From Disturbances of the Heart by Osborne, Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas)
That," he replied, "was a sphygmomanometer, something like the sphygmograph which we used once in another case.
From The Dream Doctor by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)
Observations by means of the sphygmograph at the bedside of a person suffering from snake-poison are scarcely feasible, except, perhaps, in a hospital, and thus far are not on record.
From On Snake-Poison: its Action and its Antidote by Mueller, A.
Dr. T. D. Crothers, of Hartford, Conn., has deduced some valuable facts from his experiments with the sphygmograph, upon the action of the heart.
From Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say by Allen, Martha Meir
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
