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SPHYGMOPHONE

\sfˈɪɡməfˌə͡ʊn], \sfˈɪɡməfˌə‍ʊn], \s_f_ˈɪ_ɡ_m_ə_f_ˌəʊ_n]\

Definitions of SPHYGMOPHONE

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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An electrical instrument for determining by the ear the rhythm of the pulse of a person at a distance.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Device for rendering the pulse-beat audible.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

An instrument for rendering the rhythm and variations of the pulse audible. [Gr.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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