Sphygmophone

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sphygmophone \Sphyg"mo*phone\, n. [Gr. ??? the pulse + ???
     sound.] (Physiol.)
     An electrical instrument for determining by the ear the
     rhythm of the pulse of a person at a distance.
     [1913 Webster]