sphygmomanometer

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It is really a sphygmomanometer--the little expert witness that never lies--one of the instruments the insurance companies use now to register blood pressure and discover certain diseases.

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  1. noun An instrument for measuring blood pressure in the arteries, especially one consisting of a pressure gauge and a rubber cuff that wraps around the upper arm and inflates to constrict the arteries.

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  • To evaluate 16 different blood-pressure monitors, CR obtained approximately 6,000 readings from 57 men and women and compared the results of the home monitors with those obtained by pairs of trained medical technicians who used a mercury sphygmomanometer, the standard instrument for recording accurate blood-pressure readings. —  LJWorld.com stories: News
  • Blood pressure was originally measured by a device called sphygmomanometer, which used the height of a mercury column that reflected the pressure of circulation. —  ReadABlog.com New Blogs and RSS Feeds
  • Russian physiologist Nikolai Korotkoff introduced the classic technique of obtaining systolic and diastolic blood pressure with the use of a sphygmomanometer and stethoscope. —  EMSResponder.com: Top EMS News
  • Conventional sphygmomanometry is fraught with potential sources of error, which may arise in the subject, observer, sphygmomanometer or overall application of the technique. —  EMSResponder.com: Top EMS News
  • Lack of sphygmomanometer calibration causes over - and under-detection of hypertension: A computer simulation study. —  EMSResponder.com: Top EMS News
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  1. from Gr.σφυγμός, pulse, + μανός, rare, + μέτρον, measure (cf. manometer).
 

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/sfɪgməməˈnɑmɛtər/
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