sphygmomanometer
IPA: sfˈɪgmʌmˈænoʊmitɝ
noun
- A device used to measure blood pressure.
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Examples of "sphygmomanometer" in Sentences
- An electronic sphygmomanometer of simplified construction.
- He developed an easy to use version of the sphygmomanometer.
- It is measured with a sphygmomanometer blood pressure machine.
- Manual sphygmomanometers require a stethoscope for auscultation.
- Manual sphygmomanometers are used in conjunction with a stethoscope.
- The equipment needed is a thermometer, a sphygmomanometer, and a watch.
- The equipment needed are a thermometer, a sphygmomanometer, and a watch.
- This happens during a measurement of blood pressure with a sphygmomanometer.
- He started to wrap the cuff of the sphygmomanometer around her upper arm, but stopped.
- Which is cheaper, a manual sphygmomanometer and stethoscope; or an automated digital sphygmomanometer?
- Without sensation he watched the cuff inflate and Thom listened as he let the air out of the sphygmomanometer.
- A sphygmomanometer is the instrument used to measure blood pressures consisting of a cuff, pressure bulb, and manometer.
- A sphygmomanometer may be used for intermittent blood pressure monitoring even if a patient is being otherwise monitored using a central or arterial line.
- This involves a fairly painless procedure that uses a sphygmomanometer, a blood pressure cuff, a measuring dial, and a stethoscope, to measure your numbers.
- Blood pressure was originally measured by a device called sphygmomanometer, which used the height of a mercury column that reflected the pressure of circulation.
- Ushering Mma Ramotswe into his study at the back of the house, he took a sphygmomanometer out of his desk drawer and began to wrap the cuff round Mma Ramotswe's proffered arm.