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sphygmomanometer en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˌsfɪɡməʊməˈnɒmɪtə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌsfɪɡmoʊməˈnɑmɪtɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From sphygmo- (“pulse”) + manometer.

Meanings

1. A device used to measure blood pressure.
   • Diagnostic monitoring of the pulse became linked to study of blood pressure, for which the sphygmomanometer was devised. 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 332:
   • Sphygmomanometer. — Very recently, Professor S. von Basch has introduced* an instrument, to which he gives the above name, for the purpose of estimating the blood-pressure in the human subject, and which has undoubtedly considerable clinical value. 1882, J. Graham Brown, Medical diagnosis:
   • In order not to affect users' habits of using mobiles and to avoid the electromagnetic interference effects of the pacemaker, we have designed a wristable sphygmomanometer and pulsimeter which uses bluetooth power class II [7,8] as the device for short-distance transmission. 2012, Attila Roka, Current Issues and Recent Advances in Pacemaker Therapy, page 248:

Forms

Deriveds

electrosphygmomanometer

Relateds

manometer · stethoscope · sphygmomanometric · sphygmomanometry

Synonyms

blood-pressure cuff · blood-pressure meter · blood pressure meter · sphygmometer · blood pressure gage · blood pressure gauge

Translations (33)

fr tensiomètre (device to measure blood pressure) · es manguito de la presión arterial (device to measure blood pressure) · cs sfygmomanometr (device to measure blood pressure) · pt esfigmomanômetro (device to measure blood pressure) · sk sfygmomanometer (device to measure blood pressure) · cmn 血壓計 /血压计 (device to measure blood pressure) · sk sfygmometer (device to measure blood pressure) · nl sfygmomanometer (device to measure blood pressure) · es esfigmomanómetro (device to measure blood pressure) · es brazalete de presión arterial (device to measure blood pressure) · hu vérnyomásmérő (device to measure blood pressure) · ms sfigmomanometer (device to measure blood pressure) · gl esfigmomanómetro (device to measure blood pressure) · sv blodtrycksmätare (device to measure blood pressure) · es tensiómetro (device to measure blood pressure) · kn ನೆತ್ತರೊತ್ತಡ ಅಳೆಯುಕ (device to measure blood pressure) · es esfingomanómetro (device to measure blood pressure) · eo sfigmomanometro (device to measure blood pressure) · fr sphygmomanomètre (device to measure blood pressure) · ru тоно́метр (device to measure blood pressure) · pt esfigmomanómetro (device to measure blood pressure) · ru сфигмомано́метр (device to measure blood pressure) · ja 血圧計 (device to measure blood pressure) · es brazalete de presión sanguínea (device to measure blood pressure) · et vererõhumõõtur (device to measure blood pressure) · es baumanómetro (device to measure blood pressure) · yue 血壓計 /血压计 (device to measure blood pressure) · fi verenpainemittari (device to measure blood pressure) · it sfigmomanometro (device to measure blood pressure) · ca esfigmomanòmetre (device to measure blood pressure) · pl sfigmomanometr (device to measure blood pressure) · el σφυγμομανόμετρο (device to measure blood pressure) · de Blutdruckmessgerät (device to measure blood pressure)