- sphygm-
- See sphygmo-.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
sphygm-
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Sphygm... — Sphygm... (v. gr. Sphygmos, Puls), Puls... Daher Sphygmica are, die Lehre vom Pulse. Sphygmisch, den Puls betreffend. Sphygmogrăphie, Beschreibung des Pulses. Sphygmolŏgie, Pulslehre. Sphygmoscŏpie, die Untersuchung des Pulses … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
sphygm(o)- — [Gr. sphygmos pulse] a combining form denoting relationship to the pulse … Medical dictionary
sphygm — o (G). The pulse … Dictionary of word roots and combining forms
sphygmo-, sphygm- — Pulse. [G. sphygmos] … Medical dictionary
sphygmic — /sfig mik/, adj. Physiol., Med. of or pertaining to the pulse. [1700 10; < Gk sphygmikós, equiv. to sphygm(ós) SPHYGMUS + ikos IC] * * * … Universalium
sphygmoid — /sfig moyd/, adj. Physiol., Med. resembling the pulse; pulselike. [SPHYGM(O) + OID] * * * … Universalium
bradysphygmia — Slowness of the pulse; can occur without bradycardia, as in ventricular bigeminy when every alternate beat may fail to produce a peripheral pulse. [brady + G. sphygmos, pulse] * * * brady·sphyg·mia (brad″e sfigґme ə) [brady + sphygm +… … Medical dictionary
sphygmoid — Pulselike; resembling the pulse. [sphygmo + G. eidos, resemblance] * * * sphyg·moid (sfigґmoid) [sphygm + oid] resembling a pulse … Medical dictionary
hemisphygmia — hemi·sphyg·mia (hem″ĭ sfigґme ə) [hemi + sphygm + ia] a condition in which there appear to be twice as many pulse beats as heart beats, such as pulsus bisferiens … Medical dictionary
microsphygmia — mi·cro·sphyg·mia (mi″kro sfigґme ə) [micro + sphygm + ia] a pulse that is difficult to perceive by the finger … Medical dictionary
