pulsimeter
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]pulsimeter (plural pulsimeters)
- A sphygmograph.
- Any of various devices designed to monitor someone's pulse.
- 2012, Attila Roka, Current Issues and Recent Advances in Pacemaker Therapy, page 248:
- In order not to affect users' habits of using mobiles and to avoid the electromagnetic interference effects of the pacemaker, we have designed a wristable sphygmomanometer and pulsimeter which uses bluetooth power class II [7,8] as the device for short-distance transmission.
- 2019, Abraham Wolf, A History of Science Technology and Philosophy in the 16 and 17th Centuries:
- The pulsimeter consisted of a leaden bob attached to a long thread, the length of which could be adjusted gradually until the rate of oscillation of the pendulum thus formed coincided with the patient's pulse-beat.