Sphygmogram

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The record or tracing produced by a sphygmograph.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The recording made by a sphygmograph
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A tracing, called a pulse tracing, consisting of a series of curves corresponding with the beats of the heart, obtained by the application of the sphygmograph.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A tracing of the changes of tension at a point in an artery, as obtained with a sphyemograph.
  • Word Usage
    "[9] I am much indebted to Mr.A. H. Garrod for having informed me of M. Lorain's work on the pulse, in which a sphygmogram of a woman in a rage is given; and this shows much difference in the rate and other characters from that of the same woman in her ordinary state."