sphygmo-, sphygm-, -sphyxia
(Greek: pulse, pulsation; throbbing)
anisosphygmia
Difference in volume, force, or time of the pulse in the corresponding arteries on two sides of the body, e.g., the two radials, or femorals.
asphyxia
A stopping of the pulse; pathological changes caused by lack of oxygen in respired air, resulting in hypoxia and hypercapnia.
asphyxiant
asphyxiate
bradysphygmia
Abnormal slowness of the pulse, usually linked to bradycardia.
cardiosphygmograph
An instrument for recording graphically the movements of the heart and the radial pulse.
chronosphygmograph
An instrument formerly used for study of the rhythms of the pulse.
hydrosphygmography
1. A recording of blood pressure by means of a
hydrosphygmograph using water as an index.
2. A sphygmograph in which the pulse beat is transmitted to the recorder through a column of water.
A sphygmograph is an instrument which, when applied over an artery, indicates graphically the movements or character of the pulse.
sphygmic
sphygmocardiograph
A polygraph recording both the heartbeat and the radial pulse.
sphygmocardioscope
sphygmochronograph
A modified sphygmograph that represents graphically the time relations between the beat of the heart and the pulse; one recording the character of the pulse as well as its rapidity.
sphygmodynamometer
sphygmogram
A record of the pulse in graphic form.
sphygmograph
1. An instrument which, when applied over an artery, indicates graphically the movements or character of the pulse.
2. An apparatus used to make a graphical record of variations in blood pressure and the pulse.
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