The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσφυγμός“pulse”
- English todaysphygm-
From the Ancient Greek σφυγμός (sphugmós, “pulse”), from σφύζω (sphúzō, “I beat”, “I throb”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
sphygm-
Today it means: pulse, pulsation (of blood delivered by the beating heart) Full definition →
Ancient Greek σφυγμός