sphygmograph
[sfig´mo-graf] an apparatus for registering the movements, form, and force of the arterial pulse. adj., adj sphygmograph´ic.
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sphyg·mo·graph
(sfig'mō-graf), An instrument consisting of a lever, the short end of that rests on the radial artery at the wrist, its long end being provided with a stylet that records on a moving ribbon of smoked paper the excursions of the pulse.
[sphygmo- + G. graphō, to write]
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sphygmograph
(sfĭg′mə-grăf′)n. An instrument for graphically recording the form, strength, and variations of the arterial pulse.
sphyg′mo·graph′ic adj.
sphyg·mog′ra·phy (-mŏg′rə-fē) n.
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sphyg·mo·graph
(sfig'mō-graf) An instrument consisting of a lever, the short end of which rests on the radial artery at the wrist, its long end being provided with a stylet, which records on a moving ribbon of paper the excursions of the pulse.
[sphygmo- + G. graphō, to write]
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