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From the Ancient Greek σφυγμός (sphugmós, pulse), from σφύζω (sphúzō, I beat”, “I throb).

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sphygm-

  1. (medicine and physiology) pulse, pulsation (of blood delivered by the beating heart)

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  • When combined with a word or another affix which begins with a consonant, this prefix concatenates with -o- (as sphygmo-).

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