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sphygs

sphygs is the plural of sphyg.

Meaning of sphyg

Noun

sphyg (plural sphygs)

  1. (informal) A sphygmomanometer.
    • They use a slightly different method of measuring the blood pressure which involves putting on the sphyg cuff and pumping it up until the radial pulse is obliterated. They then release the pressure until the radial pulse returns, giving a rough (but reasonably accurate) measure of the systolic...2001 March 5, Daniel Edgcumbe, “Feeling the pulse”, in sci.med.cardiology (Usenet)

Questions about sphygs

What is sphygs the plural of?
Sphygs is the plural of sphyg.

Words near sphygs in the dictionary

  1. sphygmophone
  2. sphygmophones
  3. sphygmoscope
  4. sphygmoscopes
  5. sphygomanometer
  6. sphygs
  7. sphynx
  8. sphynxes
  9. sphyraenid
  10. sphyraenids
  11. sphyraenoid

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