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sphygmics

sphygmics

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Noun

sphygmics (plurale tantum)

  1. (rare) The scientific study of the circulatory pulse.
    • 1707, John Floyer, The Physician’s Pulse-watch, page 336:
      The Ignorance of the Europeans in the Sphugmicks Science.

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Frequently used with singular complement.

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