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Definition of Sphygmic
1. a. Of or pertaining to the pulse.
Definition of Sphygmic
1. Adjective. (physiology rare) Of or (pertain pertaining) to the (circulatory) (pulse). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sphygmic
1. sphygmus [adj] - See also: sphygmus
Medical Definition of Sphygmic
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sphygmic
Literary usage of Sphygmic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Medico-Chirurgical Transactions by Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London (1907)
"Radial period is called the sphygmic period, and is marked with an E in all the
... An exactly corresponding space, the sphygmic period E can, therefore, ..."
2. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1907)
"sphygmic period E, that portion of the systole of the ventricle during which the
aortic and pulmonary valves are open. The middle tracing is the auricular ..."
3. A Manual of physiology with practical exercises by George Neil Stewart (1910)
"The interval between the closure of the semilunar and the opening of the
auricula-ventricular valves is sometimes called the ' post- sphygmic' interval. ..."
4. A Textbook of Human Physiology: Including a Section on Physiologic Apparatus. by Albert Philson Brubaker (1922)
"The period of discharge, the sphygmic or pulse period, from the opening of the
... The period of falling tension or relaxation, the post-sphygmic period, ..."
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