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sphygmo-(medicine)
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windless (iou) and sphygmo-oscillometer (medicine)


windless (iou)



windless adjective. LME.
[from WIND noun1 + -LESS.]
Breathless, out of breath. Now rare. LME.
Free from wind; not exposed to or stirred by the wind, in or on which no wind blows. L16.
windlessly adverb L19.
windlessness noun E20.

sphygmo-oscillometer (medicine)


sphygmo-oscillometer


An instrument resembling an aneroid sphygmomanometer used in the measurement of the systolic and diastolic blood pressure.

Origin: sphygmo-+ L. Oscillo, to swing, + G. Metron, measure