Meaning of sphygmomanometer | Babel Free
/ˌsfɪɡməʊməˈnɒmɪtə/Definitions
A device used to measure blood pressure.
Equivalents
Čeština
sfygmomanometr
Deutsch
Blutdruckmessgerät
Ελληνικά
σφυγμομανόμετρο
Suomi
verenpainemittari
Italiano
sfigmomanometro
日本語
血圧計
Nederlands
sfygmomanometer
Polski
sfigmomanometr
Português
esfigmomanômetro
Svenska
blodtrycksmätare
Examples
“Sphygmomanometer. — Very recently, Professor S. von Basch has introduced* an instrument, to which he gives the above name, for the purpose of estimating the blood-pressure in the human subject, and which has undoubtedly considerable clinical value.”
“Diagnostic monitoring of the pulse became linked to study of blood pressure, for which the sphygmomanometer was devised.”
“In order not to affect users' habits of using mobiles and to avoid the electromagnetic interference effects of the pacemaker, we have designed a wristable sphygmomanometer and pulsimeter which uses bluetooth power class II [7,8] as the device for short-distance transmission.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.