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SPHYGMOGRAPH

\sfˈɪɡməɡɹˌaf], \sfˈɪɡməɡɹˌaf], \s_f_ˈɪ_ɡ_m_ə_ɡ_ɹ_ˌa_f]\

Definitions of SPHYGMOGRAPH

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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An instrument which gives a traced record of pulse.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

An instrument which, when applied over an artery, indicates the character of the pulse as to force and extent of undulations.-Vierordt.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

Apparatus for registering the movements of the arterial pulse.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

A recording pulsimeter, to give a graphic record of the form and rate of the pulse. [Gr.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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