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Definition: Sphygmomanometer |
SphygmomanometerNoun1. A pressure gauge for measuring blood pressure. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Consisting of a blood pressure cuff which is applied to the arm and inflated to approximately 100 mm Hg, in order to distend and locate the anticubital vessel; to measure blood pressure. (references) |
Medicine | A blood pressure cuff is applied to the arm and inflated to approximately 100 mm H g, in order to distend and locate the anticubital vessel ; to measure blood pressure. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Sphygmomanometer |
| English words defined with "sphygmomanometer": diastolic pressure ♦ systolic pressure. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "sphygmomanometer": BEACH LIFEGUARD. (references) |
| "Sphygmomanometer" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 92.31% of the time. "Sphygmomanometer" is used about 13 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 92.31% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Adjective (comparative) | 7.69% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 13 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
sphygmomanometer | 111 |
aneroid sphygmomanometer | 5 |
digital sphygmomanometer | 5 |
mercury sphygmomanometer | 4 |
tycos sphygmomanometer | 3 |
use a sphygmomanometer | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "sphygmomanometer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مقياس ضغط الدم (manometer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | sphygmomanometer (blood pressure apparatus, blood pressure cuff, blood-pressure meter, haematomanometer, hemadynamometer, hematometer, tensiometer), tensiometer (blood pressure apparatus, blood pressure cuff, blood-pressure meter, haematomanometer, hemadynamometer, hematometer, tensiometer, voltmeter), ksmaaleapparat (blood pressure apparatus, blood pressure cuff, blood-pressure meter, haematomanometer, hemadynamometer, hematometer, tensiometer), haematomanometer (blood pressure apparatus, blood pressure cuff, blood-pressure meter, haematomanometer, hemadynamometer, hematometer, tensiometer), glasplademanometer (sphygmomanometer Broemser), blodtryksapparat (blood pressure apparatus, blood pressure cuff, blood-pressure meter, haematomanometer, hemadynamometer, hematometer, tensiometer), blodtry (blood pressure apparatus, blood pressure cuff, blood-pressure meter, haematomanometer, hemadynamometer, hematometer, tensiometer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | sphygmomanometer (blood pressure apparatus, blood pressure cuff, blood-pressure meter, haematomanometer, hemadynamometer, hematometer, tensiometer), sfygmomanometer (blood pressure apparatus, blood pressure cuff, blood-pressure meter, haematomanometer, hemadynamometer, hematometer, tensiometer), tonometer (blood pressure apparatus, blood pressure cuff, blood-pressure meter, haematomanometer, hemadynamometer, hematometer, tensiometer, tonometer), tensiemeter (blood pressure apparatus, blood pressure cuff, blood-pressure meter, haematomanometer, hemadynamometer, hematometer, tensiometer), hematomanometer (blood pressure apparatus, blood pressure cuff, blood-pressure meter, haematomanometer, hemadynamometer, hematometer, tensiometer), hemadynamometer (blood pressure apparatus, blood pressure cuff, blood-pressure meter, haematomanometer, hemadynamometer, hematometer, tensiometer), energometer (blood pressure apparatus, blood pressure cuff, blood-pressure meter, haematomanometer, hemadynamometer, hematometer, tensiometer), drukmeter (barometer), bloeddrukmeter (blood pressure apparatus, blood pressure cuff, blood-pressure meter, haematomanometer, hemadynamometer, hematometer, tensiometer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sphygmomanomètre. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Sphygmomanometer (blood pressure apparatus, blood pressure cuff, blood-pressure meter, haematomanometer, hemadynamometer, hematometer, tensiometer), Tonometer (blood pressure apparatus, blood pressure cuff, blood-pressure meter, haematomanometer, hemadynamometer, hematometer, tensiometer, tonometer), Haematometer (blood pressure apparatus, blood pressure cuff, blood-pressure meter, haematomanometer, hemadynamometer, hematometer, tensiometer), Haematomanometer (blood pressure apparatus, blood pressure cuff, blood-pressure meter, haematomanometer, hemadynamometer, hematometer, tensiometer), Glasplattenmanometer (sphygmomanometer Broemser), Blutdruckmesser (blood pressure apparatus, blood pressure cuff, blood-pressure meter, haematomanometer, hemadynamometer, hematometer, tensiometer), Blutdruckapparat (blood pressure apparatus, blood pressure cuff, blood-pressure meter, haematomanometer, hemadynamometer, hematometer, tensiometer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σφυγμόμετρο, σφυγμομανόμετρο (blood pressure apparatus, blood pressure cuff, blood-pressure meter, haematomanometer, hemadynamometer, hematometer, sphygmomanometer Broemser, tensiometer), σφυγμοπιεσόμετρο (blood pressure apparatus, blood pressure cuff, blood-pressure meter, haematomanometer, hemadynamometer, hematometer, tensiometer), πιεσόμετρο (pressure gauge), πιεσίμετρο (sphygmomanometer Broemser). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sfigmomanometro (blood pressure apparatus, blood pressure cuff, blood-pressure meter, haematomanometer, hemadynamometer, hematometer, tensiometer), tensiometro (blood pressure apparatus, blood pressure cuff, blood-pressure meter, extensometer, haematomanometer, hemadynamometer, hematometer, tensiometer), apparecchio a tensione (blood pressure apparatus, blood pressure cuff, blood-pressure meter, haematomanometer, hemadynamometer, hematometer, tensiometer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 血圧計 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | けつあつけい. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ygmomanometersphay tensiómetro (blood pressure apparatus, blood pressure cuff, blood-pressure meter, haematomanometer, hemadynamometer, hematometer, tensiometer, voltmeter), esfignomanómetro (blood pressure apparatus, blood pressure cuff, blood-pressure meter, haematomanometer, hemadynamometer, hematometer, tensiometer), esfigmomanómetro (blood pressure apparatus, blood pressure cuff, blood-pressure meter, haematomanometer, hemadynamometer, hematometer, sphygmomanometer Broemser, tensiometer). (various references) tensiometro (blood pressure apparatus, blood pressure cuff, blood-pressure meter, haematomanometer, hemadynamometer, hematometer, tensiometer), esfingomanómetro (sphygmomanometer Broemser), esfigmomanónetro (blood pressure apparatus, blood pressure cuff, blood-pressure meter, haematomanometer, hemadynamometer, hematometer, tensiometer), esfigmomanómetro (blood pressure apparatus, blood pressure cuff, blood-pressure meter, haematomanometer, hemadynamometer, hematometer, tensiometer). (various references) máy đo huyết áp. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "sphygmomanometer": sphygmomanometers. (additional references) | |
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"Sphygmomanometer" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sphegmomanometer, sphigmomanometer, sphygmomanomenter, sphygomanometer, sphymomanometer. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-g-h-m-m-m-n-o-o-p-r-s-t-y" | |
-4 letters: gametophores, metamorphose. | |
-5 letters: gametophore, gramophones, hatemongers, homogenates, homopterans, hymenoptera, metanephros, nephrostome, stenography, stereophony, trypanosome. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-g-h-m-m-m-n-o-o-p-r-s-t-y" | |
+1 letter: sphygmomanometers. | |
+2 letters: sphygmomanometries. | |
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