sphygmomanometer
[sfig-moh-muh-nom-i-ter]
- an instrument, often attached to an inflatable air-bladder cuff and used with a stethoscope, for measuring blood pressure in an artery.
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Origin of sphygmomanometer
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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 FawnJames Arthur Kjelgaard
sphygmomanometer
- med an instrument for measuring arterial blood pressure
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Word Origin
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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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
sphygmomanometer
(sfĭg′mō-mă-nŏm′ĭ-tər)- 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.
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