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.

sphygmomanometer

/ ˌsfɪɡməʊməˈnɒmɪtə /

noun

1. med an instrument for measuring arterial blood pressure

Other Word Forms

• sphygmomanometric adjective
• sphygmomanometry noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of sphygmomanometer¹

First recorded in 1860–65; sphygmo- + manometer

Word History and Origins

Origin of sphygmomanometer¹

C19: from _sphygmo- + _manometer , on the model of French sphygmomanomètre

Example Sentences

Systolic and diastolic blood pressure were measured using an aneroid sphygmomanometer.

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Although I did not have a sphygmomanometer handy at the end of our walk, I am certain that I felt more relaxed and contemplative than when I began.

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The advent of the stethoscope and sphygmomanometer—both of which require the patient and clinician to be silent—nudged this relationship from dialogue towards data.

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The sphygmomanometer, invented in the 1890s, does not always give an accurate picture of a person’s blood pressure.

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

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