- Hales piesimeter
- a glass tube inserted into an artery for the purpose of ascertaining the blood pressure by the height to which the blood rises in the tube.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Hales piesimeter
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Hales piesimeter — (hālz) [Stephen Hales, English physiologist, 1677–1761] see under piesimeter … Medical dictionary
Hales — Stephen, English physiologist, 1677–1761. See H. piesimeter … Medical dictionary
piesimeter, piesometer — An instrument for measuring the pressure of a gas or a fluid. SYN: piezometer. [G. piesis, pressure] Hales p. a glass tube inserted into an artery at right angles to its axis, the pressure being shown by the … Medical dictionary
