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sphygmograph
sphygmograph n. 
/ˈsfɪɡmə(ʊ)ɡraf/,
Brit. /ˈsfɪɡmə(ʊ)ɡrɑːf/
, /ˈsfɪɡmə(ʊ)ɡrɑːf//ˈsfɪɡmə(ʊ)ɡraf/U.S. /ˈsfɪɡməˌɡræf/
an instrument which records the movements of the pulse by means of tracings./ˈsfɪɡməˌɡræf/ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > specific measuring or recording > [noun] > specific measuring or recording instruments > for pulse or blood-flow
pulse watch1706
pulsiloge1812
sphygmometer1834
pulsimeter1842
rheometer1847
haemodromometer1857
pulsometer1858
sphygmograph1860
haemotachometer1867
haemometer1872
angiograph1877
haemodromograph1888
phlebograph1893
oscillometer1910
1860 Illustr. London News 14 Apr. 362/3 A new sphygmograph or pulse register.
1875 J. F. Payne Jones & Sieveking's Man. Pathol. Anat. 259 That there is an increased arterial tension..is also demonstrated by the sphygmograph.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 389 The educated finger, or I should say fingers, are as instructive as the sphygmograph.
sphygmograph
sphygmograph v. /ˈsfɪɡmə(ʊ)ɡraf/,
Brit. /ˈsfɪɡmə(ʊ)ɡrɑːf/
, /ˈsfɪɡmə(ʊ)ɡrɑːf//ˈsfɪɡmə(ʊ)ɡraf/U.S. /ˈsfɪɡməˌɡræf/
/ˈsfɪɡməˌɡræf/ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > specific measuring or recording > measure or record [verb (intransitive)] > feel the pulse > record pulse
sphygmograph1870
1870 Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 378 The doctors..measuring, sphygmographing, and generally making a tool of experiment of him.
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