PULSIMETER Definition & Meaning

pulsimeter

[ puhl-sim-i-ter ]

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noun

an instrument for measuring the strength or quickness of the pulse.

pulsimeter

/ ��ʌ��ˈ��ɪ��ɪ��ə /

noun

med an instrument for measuring the strength and rate of the pulse Also calledpulsometer

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of pulsimeter¹

First recorded in 1835–45; pulse ¹ + -i- + -meter

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Pulsim′eter, an instrument for measuring the strength or quickness of the pulse; Pulsom′eter, a pulsimeter: a kind of steam-condensing pump.—Feel one's pulse, to find out by the sense of touch the force of the blood in the arteries: to find out what one is thinking on some point; Public pulse, the movement of public opinion on any question; Quick pulse, a pulse in which the rise of tension is very rapid.

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