sphygmomanometer

English

Mechanical sphygmomanometer with aneroid manometer and stethoscope

Alternative forms

sphygmomanometre (nonstandard)

Etymology

sphygmo- (“pulse”) +‎ manometer

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌsfɪɡməʊməˈnɒmɪtə/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌsfɪɡmoʊməˈnɑmɪtɚ/
Audio (US) (file)
Hyphenation: sphyg‧mo‧ma‧nom‧e‧ter

Noun

Digital sphygmomanometer

sphygmomanometer (plural sphygmomanometers)

A device used to measure blood pressure.
- 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society 2016, p. 332:
  Diagnostic monitoring of the pulse became linked to study of blood pressure, for which the sphygmomanometer was devised.

Synonyms

blood-pressure cuff
blood pressure gage
blood pressure gauge
blood-pressure meter
blood pressure meter
sphygmometer

Related terms

Translations

device to measure blood pressure

Catalan: esfigmomanòmetre m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 血壓計, 血压计 (hyut³ ngaat³ gai³)

Mandarin: 血壓計 (zh), 血压计 (zh) (xiěyājì)
Czech: sfygmomanometr m
Dutch: sfygmomanometer m
Estonian: vererõhumõõtur
Finnish: verenpainemittari (fi)
French: sphygmomanomètre (fr) m, tensiomètre (fr) m

Galician: esfigmomanómetro m
German: Blutdruckmessgerät (de) n
Italian: sfigmomanometro (it) m
Japanese: 血圧計 (ja) (けつあつけい, ketsuatsukei)
Malay: sfigmomanometer
Portuguese: esfigmomanómetro m (Portugal), esfigmomanômetro (pt) m (Brazil)
Russian: сфигмомано́метр (ru) m (sfigmomanómetr), тоно́метр (ru) m (tonómetr)
Spanish: esfigmomanómetro (es) m

See also

stethoscope

Anagrams

sphygmomanometre

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