How do you pronounce sphygmomanometer phonetically?
Why is it called a sphygmomanometer?
The word “sphygmomanometer” (pronounced sfig·mo·ma·nom·e·ter) was put together from the Greek sphygmos, the beating of the heart or the pulse + manometer, a device for measuring pressure or tension.
How do you translate a sphygmomanometer?
See Google Translate’s machine translation of ‘sphygmomanometer‘.
sphygmomanometer.
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| Inglés | Español | |
| sphygmomanometer n | specialist (medicine: blood pressure machine) | esfigmomanómetro nm Exemplos: el televisor, un piso. |
What is the proper name for a blood pressure cuff?
For manual sphygmomanometers, the sphygmomanometer (blood pressure cuff or machine) consists of an inflatable cuff and two tubes; one tube is connected to the pressure hand control bulb and the other tube to the pressure gauge (Figure 2).