http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphygmomanometer
Word of the Moment:
Sphygmomanometer, a device used to measure blood pressure. Note that it’s also known as a “blood pressure meter”, which has one syllable fewer, and less “sphygm”.
Lucky it isn’t a more urgently-needed piece of equipment:
“Nurse, he’s crashing! Hand me the sphy… uh, sphygm… uh, the…”
“The blood pressure meter?”
“Yes! Yes! The blood pressure me… Oh, actually, never mind.”