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SPHYGMOMANOMETER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sphygmomanometer mean?
• SPHYGMOMANOMETER (noun)
The noun SPHYGMOMANOMETER has 1 sense:
1. a pressure gauge for measuring blood pressure
Familiarity information: SPHYGMOMANOMETER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A pressure gauge for measuring blood pressure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("sphygmomanometer" is a kind of...):
pressure gage; pressure gauge (gauge for measuring and indicating fluid pressure)
Context examples
An instrument for blood pressure monitoring consisting of a sphygmomanometer and a stethoscope to hear blood flow.
(Auscultatory Blood Pressure Monitor, NCI Thesaurus)
An instrument for blood pressure monitoring consisting of a sphygmomanometer and an electronic pressure sensor (transducer) that detects blood flow by the presence of ocillations in the cuff pressure.
(Oscillometric Blood Pressure Monitor, NCI Thesaurus)
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