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Old 28-Mar-2005, 10:03 PM
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does anyone know the correct name for those blood pressure measure devices and those devices that you listen to the heart beat or breathing.
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Old 28-Mar-2005, 10:04 PM
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the listeningthing is called a stethescope... I can't spell the name correctly though...

and the blood pressure thingy is called an air pumped arm squeezer
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stethiscope - to hear your heart beat/lungs
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Old 28-Mar-2005, 10:05 PM
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thanks
are you sure about the arm pump thing?
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Old 28-Mar-2005, 10:09 PM
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Originally posted by aznsoldier
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are you sure about the arm pump thing?
sphygnamometer, but you'll never hear a doc call it anything other than a blood pressure cuff.
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Originally posted by aznsoldier
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are you sure about the arm pump thing?
lmao, he was just kidding
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Old 28-Mar-2005, 11:06 PM
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Blood pressure measuring device for a woman, however, is called a *****.
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Blood pressure measuring device for a woman, however, is called a *****.
thats a blood pressure raising device
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