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Sphygmomanometer
By Jennifer Kenny |
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1 Sphygmomanometer is a very fancy name. Do you know what it is? You've probably seen one many times before. What if you knew a doctor uses one? Does that clue help? It's a blood pressure meter. How did such a commonplace medical tool get such a long name? Maybe this will shed some light: The Greek word sphygmus means pulse. Manometer is a term from the science field that means pressure meter.