Definition of Sphygmograph

1. n. An instrument which, when applied over an artery, indicates graphically the movements or character of the pulse. See Sphygmogram.

Definition of Sphygmograph

1. Noun. (medicine) a mechanical device used to measure blood pressure and pulse ¹

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Definition of Sphygmograph

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Sphygmograph

1. An instrument which, when applied over an artery, indicates graphically the movements or character of the pulse. See Sphygmogram. Origin: Gr. The pulse + -graph. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sphygmograph

sphragides
sphragistics
sphrigosis
sphugmicks
sphygm-
sphygmic
sphygmic interval
sphygmics
sphygmo-
sphygmo-oscillometer
sphygmocardiograph
sphygmocardioscope
sphygmochronograph
sphygmogram
sphygmograms
sphygmograph (current term)
sphygmographic
sphygmographs
sphygmography
sphygmoid
sphygmomanometer
sphygmomanometers
sphygmomanometre
sphygmomanometres
sphygmomanometric
sphygmomanometry
sphygmometer
sphygmometers
sphygmometroscope
sphygmopalpation

Literary usage of Sphygmograph

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Diseases of the Heart and Arterial System by Robert Hall Babcock (1903)
"On the contrary, the sphygmograph, which is not always at hand nor readily ... In the practical application of the sphygmograph certain elementary rules ..."

2. Diseases of the heart and arterial system: Designed to be a Practical by Robert Hall Babcock (1907)
"On the contrary, the sphygmograph, which is not always at hand nor readily ... In the practical application of the sphygmograph certain elementary rules ..."

3. Diseases of the Heart and Arterial System: Designed to be a Practical by Robert Hall Babcock (1909)
"On the contrary, the sphygmograph, which is not always at hand nor readily ... In the practical application of the sphygmograph certain elementary rules ..."

4. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1893)
"A lever specially adapted to record a pulse tracing is called a sphygmograph the instrument generally comprising a small travelling recording surface on ..."

5. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology (1869)
"These were recorded with the exactitude that the sphygmograph has now made possible; ... The instrument employed was the well-known sphygmograph of Marey; ..."

6. Transactions of the Association of American Physicians by Association of American Physicians (1900)
"THE sphygmograph is an instrument which I believe has never been held in high ... A clinical sphygmograph must be convenient and not require a tedious ..."

7. The Diagnostics of Internal Medicine: A Clinical Treatise Upon the by Glentworth Reeve Butler (1901)
"The sphygmograph is useful in making a permanent record of the pulse for future comparison ; in showing graphically some, but not all, of the elements of ..."

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