| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. An instrument by which the pressure of the blood in the arteries, or veins, is measured by the height to which it will raise a column of mercury; -- called also a haemomanometer.[Websters]. | |
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Date "HEMADYNAMOMETER" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Note: Hemadynamometer \He`ma*dy"na*mom"e*ter\, noun. [Hema- dynamometr.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: HEMADYNAMOMETER
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| 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) | ||
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