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sphygmomanometer

[sfig-moh-muh-nom-i-ter]
noun Physiology.
  1. an instrument, often attached to an inflatable air-bladder cuff and used with a stethoscope, for measuring blood pressure in an artery.

Origin of sphygmomanometer

First recorded in 1860–65; sphygmo- + manometer
Related formssphyg·mo·man·o·met·ric [sfig-moh-man-uh-me-trik] /ˌsfɪg moʊˌmæn əˈmɛ trɪk/, adjectivesphyg·mo·ma·nom·e·try, noun
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Examples from the Web for sphygmomanometer

Historical Examples of sphygmomanometer

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

    Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension:

    Louis Marshall Warfield

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

    The Black Fawn

    James Arthur Kjelgaard

British Dictionary definitions for sphygmomanometer

sphygmomanometer

noun
  1. med an instrument for measuring arterial blood pressure

Word Origin for sphygmomanometer

C19: from sphygmo- + manometer, on the model of French sphygmomanomètre
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Word Origin and History for sphygmomanometer
n.

1891, from comb. form of Greek sphygmos "pulse," from sphyzein "to beat, throb" + -meter.

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sphygmomanometer in Medicine

sphygmomanometer

[sfĭg′mō-mă-nŏm′ĭ-tər]
n.
  1. An instrument for measuring blood pressure in the arteries, especially one consisting of a pressure gauge and a rubber cuff that wraps around the upper arm and inflates to constrict the arteries.
Related formssphyg′mo•man′o•met′ric (-măn′ə-mĕt′rĭk) adj.
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