noun
Meaning 1
A device used to measure blood pressure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sphygmomanometer
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˌsfɪɡməʊməˈnɒmɪtə/
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General-American: /ˌsfɪɡmoʊməˈnɑmɪtɚ/
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rhymes with -ɒmɪtə(ɹ)
noun
Meaning 2
a pressure gauge for measuring blood pressure
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pressure gauge, pressure gage
History
Etymology
From sphygmo- (“pulse”) + manometer.
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: esfigmomanòmetre — device to measure blood pressure
- Chinese Cantonese: 血壓計 /血压计 (hyut3 ngaat3 gai3) — device to measure blood pressure
- Chinese Mandarin: 血壓計 /血压计 (xiěyājì) — device to measure blood pressure
- Czech: sfygmomanometr — device to measure blood pressure
- Dutch: sfygmomanometer — device to measure blood pressure
- Esperanto: sfigmomanometro — device to measure blood pressure
- Estonian: vererõhumõõtur — device to measure blood pressure
- Finnish: verenpainemittari — device to measure blood pressure
- French: sphygmomanomètre — device to measure blood pressure
- French: tensiomètre — device to measure blood pressure
- Galician: esfigmomanómetro — device to measure blood pressure
- German: Blutdruckmessgerät — device to measure blood pressure
- Greek: σφυγμομανόμετρο (sfygmomanómetro) — device to measure blood pressure
- Hungarian: vérnyomásmérő — device to measure blood pressure
- Italian: sfigmomanometro — device to measure blood pressure
- Japanese: 血圧計 (ketsuatsukei) — device to measure blood pressure
- Kannada: ನೆತ್ತರೊತ್ತಡ ಅಳೆಯುಕ (nettarottaḍa aḷeyuka) — device to measure blood pressure
- Malay: sfigmomanometer — device to measure blood pressure
- Polish: sfigmomanometr — device to measure blood pressure
- Portuguese: esfigmomanómetro — device to measure blood pressure
- Portuguese: esfigmomanômetro — device to measure blood pressure
- Russian: сфигмомано́метр (sfigmomanómetr) — device to measure blood pressure
- Russian: тоно́метр (tonómetr) — device to measure blood pressure
- Slovak: sfygmomanometer — device to measure blood pressure
- Slovak: sfygmometer — device to measure blood pressure
- Spanish: esfigmomanómetro — device to measure blood pressure
- Spanish: esfingomanómetro — device to measure blood pressure
- Spanish: tensiómetro — device to measure blood pressure
- Spanish: baumanómetro — device to measure blood pressure
- Spanish: manguito de la presión arterial — device to measure blood pressure
- Spanish: brazalete de presión sanguínea — device to measure blood pressure
- Spanish: brazalete de presión arterial — device to measure blood pressure
- Swedish: blodtrycksmätare — device to measure blood pressure