sphygmomanometer

English

Mechanical sphygmomanometer with aneroid manometer and stethoscope

Digital sphygmomanometer

Alternative forms

• sphygmomanometre (nonstandard)

Etymology

sphygmo- (“pulse”) +‎ manometer

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌsfɪɡməʊməˈnɒmɪtə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌsfɪɡmoʊməˈnɑmɪtɚ/

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• Hyphenation: sphyg‧mo‧ma‧nom‧e‧ter
• Rhymes: -ɒmɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

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.

Synonyms

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

Related terms

• manometer
• sphygmomanometric
• sphygmomanometry

Translations

device to measure blood pressure

• Catalan: esfigmomanòmetre m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 血壓計／血压计 (hyut³ ngaat³ gai³)

  Mandarin: 血壓計／血压计 (zh) (xiěyājì)

• Czech: sfygmomanometr m
• Dutch: sfygmomanometer m
• Esperanto: sfigmomanometro
• Estonian: vererõhumõõtur
• Finnish: verenpainemittari (fi)
• French: sphygmomanomètre (fr) m, tensiomètre (fr) m
• Galician: esfigmomanómetro m
• German: Blutdruckmessgerät (de) n
• Italian: sfigmomanometro (it) m
• Japanese: 血圧計 (ja) (けつあつけい, ketsuatsukei)
• Malay: sfigmomanometer
• Portuguese: esfigmomanómetro m (Portugal), esfigmomanômetro (pt) m (Brazil)
• Russian: сфигмомано́метр (ru) m (sfigmomanómetr), тоно́метр (ru) m (tonómetr)
• Spanish: esfigmomanómetro (es) m, esfingomanómetro (es) m, tensiómetro m, baumanómetro m, manguito de la presión arterial m, brazalete de presión sanguínea m (Mexico), brazalete de presión arterial m (Mexico)
• Swedish: blodtrycksmätare c

See also

• stethoscope

Further reading

• sphygmomanometer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• sphygmomanometre