Definition of sphygmograph in English:
sphygmograph
nounˈsfɪɡmə(ʊ)ɡrɑːfˈsfɪɡməˌɡræf
An instrument which produces a line recording the strength and rate of a person's pulse.
Example sentencesExamples
- Dudgeon's sphygmograph was used for the pulse tracings.
- The sphygmograph was a first step in standardizing the recording and evaluation of pulses using technology.
- Using polygraphs, sphygmographs, dromographs and other myographs, he succeeded in analysing diagramatically the walk of man and of horse, the flight of birds and insects.
- Included in the collection are a small number of sphygmographs, the first device to take a reading and transcribe it onto a chart.
- The pulse tracings by the sphygmograph are equally significant.
Definition of sphygmograph in US English:
sphygmograph
nounˈsfɪɡməˌɡræfˈsfiɡməˌɡraf
An instrument which produces a line recording the strength and rate of a person's pulse.
Example sentencesExamples
- Included in the collection are a small number of sphygmographs, the first device to take a reading and transcribe it onto a chart.
- The sphygmograph was a first step in standardizing the recording and evaluation of pulses using technology.
- The pulse tracings by the sphygmograph are equally significant.
- Dudgeon's sphygmograph was used for the pulse tracings.
- Using polygraphs, sphygmographs, dromographs and other myographs, he succeeded in analysing diagramatically the walk of man and of horse, the flight of birds and insects.