sphygmoscope
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sphygmoscope
[sfig´mo-skōp]a device for rendering the pulse beat visible.
sphyg·mo·scope
(sfig'mō-skōp),An instrument by which the pulse beats are made visible by causing fluid to rise in a glass tube, by means of a mirror projecting a beam of light, or simply by a moving lever as in the sphygmograph.
[sphygmo- + G. skopeō, to view]
sphyg·mo·scope
(sfig'mŏ-skōp)An instrument by which the pulse beats are made visible by causing fluid to rise in a glass tube, by means of a mirror projecting a beam of light, or simply by a moving lever, as in the sphygmograph.
[sphygmo- + G. skopeō, to view]