Meaning

1 senses
  1. A device used to measure blood pressure.

    Blutdruckmessgerät

    сфигмомано́метрsfigmomanómetr, тоно́метрtonómetr

    a pressure gauge for measuring blood pressure

Examples

4 sentences
  1. The sphygmomanometer is an important diagnostic instrument.

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  2. The nurse used a sphygmomanometer to check my blood pressure.

    ruМедсестра измерила мне давление тонометром.

    deDer Krankenpfleger benutzte ein Blutdruckmessgerät, um meinen Blutdruck zu messen.

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  3. The nurse used a sphygmomanometer to measure the patient's blood pressure.

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  4. "Sphygmomanometer" is one of my favorite words to try to say out loud.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
device to measure blood pressure:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
device to measure blood pressure:

Origin

From sphygmo- (“pulse”) + manometer.

From sphygmo- (“pulse”) + manometer.

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Forms

plural: sphygmomanometers

Synonyms

6 synonyms
sphygmometerblood-pressure cuffblood pressure gageblood pressure gaugeblood-pressure meterblood pressure meter

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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