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sphygmics

UK/ˈsfɪɡmɪks/

sphygmics noun: the scientific study of the circulatory pulse.

Noun

sphygmics (plurale tantum)

  1. (plural, plural-only, rare) The scientific study of the circulatory pulse.
    • The Ignorance of the Europeans in the Sphugmicks Science.1707, John Floyer, The Physician’s Pulse-watch, page 336

Forms of sphygmics

alternative formsphugmicks

Questions about sphygmics

What does sphygmics mean?
Sphygmics means the scientific study of the circulatory pulse.
What part of speech is sphygmics?
Sphygmics is a noun.
How do you pronounce sphygmics?
Sphygmics is pronounced /ˈsfɪɡmɪks/ (UK).

Words near sphygmics in the dictionary

  1. sphyg
  2. sphygm-
  3. sphygmanometer
  4. sphygmanometers
  5. sphygmic
  6. sphygmics
  7. sphygmo-
  8. sphygmogram
  9. sphygmograms
  10. sphygmograph
  11. sphygmographic

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