sphygmomanometer

• sphygmomanometre (nonstandard)

sphygmo- (“pulse”) +‎ manometer

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌsfɪɡməʊməˈnɒmɪtə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌsfɪɡmoʊməˈnɑmɪtɚ/

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• Hyphenation: sphyg‧mo‧ma‧nom‧e‧ter
• Rhymes: -ɒmɪtə(ɹ)

sphygmomanometer (plural sphygmomanometers)

1. A device used to measure blood pressure.
   • 1882, J. Graham Brown, Medical diagnosis:

     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.

   • 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 332:

     Diagnostic monitoring of the pulse became linked to study of blood pressure, for which the sphygmomanometer was devised.

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

• manometer
• sphygmomanometric
• sphygmomanometry

• stethoscope

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