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語源

From sphygmo- (“pulse”) +‎ manometer.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌsfɪɡməʊməˈnɒmɪtə/
• (General American) IPA: /ˌsfɪɡmoʊməˈnɑmɪtɚ/
• ハイフネーション: sphyg‧mo‧ma‧nom‧e‧ter
• 韻: -ɒmɪtə(ɹ)

名詞

sphygmomanometer (plural sphygmomanometers)

1. A device used to measure blood pressure.
   • 1882, J. Graham Brown, Medical diagnosis:

     Sphygmomanometer. — Very recently, Professor S. von Basch has introduced* an instrument, to which he gives the above name, for the purpose of estimating the blood-pressure in the human subject, and which has undoubtedly considerable clinical value.

   • 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 332:

     Diagnostic monitoring of the pulse became linked to study of blood pressure, for which the sphygmomanometer was devised.

   • 2012, Attila Roka, Current Issues and Recent Advances in Pacemaker Therapy, page 248:

     In order not to affect users' habits of using mobiles and to avoid the electromagnetic interference effects of the pacemaker, we have designed a wristable sphygmomanometer and pulsimeter which uses bluetooth power class II [7,8] as the device for short-distance transmission.

同意語

• blood-pressure cuff
• blood pressure gage
• blood pressure gauge
• blood-pressure meter
• blood pressure meter
• sphygmometer

派生語

関連する語

• manometer
• sphygmomanometric
• sphygmomanometry

参考

• stethoscope

Further reading

• sphygmomanometer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

アナグラム

• sphygmomanometre