Definition of Sphygmus

1. the pulse [n -ES] : SPHYGMIC [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sphygmus

sphygmomanometric
sphygmomanometry
sphygmometer
sphygmometers
sphygmometroscope
sphygmopalpation
sphygmophone
sphygmophones
sphygmoscope
sphygmoscopes
sphygmoscopy
sphygmosystole
sphygmotonograph
sphygmotonometer
sphygmoviscosimetry
sphygmus (current term)
sphygmuses
sphynx
sphynxes
sphyraenoid
sphære
sphæres
sphæric
sphærical
sphæroid
sphæroidal
spial
spials
spic
spic-and-span

Literary usage of Sphygmus

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

1. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1838)
"Of tlie indications to U drawn from examination of the pulse Hippocrates was m: aware, and the word sphygmus ..."

2. Human Physiology; Analysis and Digest: For the Use of Medical Students and by John Peter Schmitz (1899)
"sphygmus. Pulse. Spinous. Shape of a spine or thorn. Spirillum. Spiral schizomycetes. Splanchnic. Relating to the viscera. Splenic. Pertaining to the spleen ..."

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