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sphygmology Med.|sfɪgˈmɒlədʒɪ|
[See sphygmo- and -logy.]
The study of the pulse. Hence sphygmoˈlogical a.
1890Billings Med. Dict. II. 570/1 Sphygmology. 1931G. Sarton Introd. Hist. Sci. II. 75 Sphygmology is even older than urology and more universal. Ibid. 87 The Shang-han-lun is divided into ten books of which the first is a sort of scientific (sphygmological) introduction to the others. 1941Bull. Hist. Med. X. 210 It seems probable that some Aegimius may be credited with being the founder of sphygmology. 1973C. R. S. Harris Heart & Vascular System Anc. Greek Med. v. 255 The supposed perception of fullness is a typical feature of post-Herophilian sphygmology from which only the Empirics apparently dissented. Ibid. vii. 409 But enough of these sphygmological conundrums. |