HYDROSPHYGMOGRAPH
\hˈa͡ɪdɹəsfˌɪɡməɡɹˌaf], \hˈaɪdɹəsfˌɪɡməɡɹˌaf], \h_ˈaɪ_d_ɹ_ə_s_f_ˌɪ_ɡ_m_ə_ɡ_ɹ_ˌa_f]\
Definitions of HYDROSPHYGMOGRAPH
- 1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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An instrument in which the variations of the pulse and of vascular volume in general are indicated by the variations in the volume of a column of water surrounding the part examined.
By Alexander Duane
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Sphygmograph with water for an index.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Of Francois-Franck and Mosso, an instrument for inclosing an entire organ or part of an entire limb. It is then filled with water, and by means of a registering apparatus the fluctuation in the volume of the inclosed organ due to the arterial pulse is registered. [Gr.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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