adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Of or pertaining to the circulatory pulse. not-comparable, rare

Etymology

From Latin sphygmicus, from Ancient Greek σφυγμικός (sphugmikós), from σφυγμός (sphugmós, “pulse”), whence sphygm-.

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