sphygmomanometer pronounciation

[mollykins]

I'm not entirely sure how to pronounce sphygmomanometer but I need to say it in a presentation in a couple of days.

Can someone please write it phonetically for me as I don't have much of an idea at the moment.

xx molly

[jackthehat]

sfig-mom-ann-omeet-er.

[Vicasso]

I believe it is
Svig mom an om iter

[lilsecret]

http://www.merriam-we....wav=sphygmomanometer

[mollykins]

thanks jack and vic but lil, my computer won't play that clip! I have heard it said before but the teacher struggled with it and was kind of mumbling . . . .

[jno]

SFIG
mo
man
OM
ita

Main stress is on the OM but a bit of stress on the first syllable too to give it a bit of rhythm

[mike11111]

The stress is on the 'om' so Sfig-mo-man-OM-eter

[bobjugs12]

Just say BP Cuff or Sfig, then you'll sound like an expert

[vulcan]

try this link,click on the speaker.
http://dictionary.ref...owse/sphygmomanometer

[mollykins]

My biology class has been put into pairs and we have to do a revision presentation on the topic, using as many key words as possible, sphygmomanometer is one of the one's in the bit of the topic I have to do!

[mike11111]

There are two words in your question title, one of which is spelt correctly, and it isn't the second.

[mollykins]

I always manage to spell the difficult words correctly . . . . but fail at the easy ones . . .

[bednobs]

so what's up with thanking people for their help then?

[Vicasso]

I suggest you go with Bobjugs idea, say it once and then tell your audience that
....'I'll refer to it as the 'Svig' from now on for obvious reasons'

[mollykins]

I've written everything out that i'm going to say and made it so I do only have to say it once.

Thanks for trying to help folks I think i'm goign with vicasso's first suggestion.

[igtretd]

...then you'll probably get it wrong...think about how the word is formed.

The first part sphygmo, pronounced svig-mo relates to the pulse.

The second part is manometer, pronounced man-om-eter, which is a device for measuring pressure.

So if you think of it in terms of a 'pulse' measuring device it's a sphygmo manometer or svig-mo man-om-eter

This link worked for me

http://www.howjsay.co...nometer&submit=Submit

[DTCwordfan]

Vicasso's answer is a very useful one to bear in mind

Given your recent questions molly, where in earth do you go to school/college and what are you studying for?

[mibn2cweus]

Saying sphygmomanometer five times really fast while using one is bound to generate a false reading.

[Sqad]

It really doesn´t matter as they will know what you mean........igtret is quite correct in it´s etymology, but I have NEVER heard it pronounced as sphygmo.......manometer.

If that helps.

[mollykins]

DTC, not the best high school in the town, doing a-level biology.

[mollykins]

But IMO, the teachers there (I have 7) are on the whole far better than most of the one's I had/ve at my old high school.