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σφυγμικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: σφυγμικός

Structure: σφυγμικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. of the pulse

Examples

  • καὶ μέχρι γ’ ἂν ἀγνοῶμεν τὴν οὐσίαν τῆσ ἐνεργούσησ αἰτίασ, δύναμιν αὐτὴν ὀνομάζομεν, εἶναί τινα λέγοντεσ ἐν ταῖσ φλεψὶν αἱματοποιητικήν, ὡσαύτωσ δὲ κἀν τῇ κοιλίᾳ πεπτικὴν κἀν τῇ καρδίᾳ σφυγμικὴν καὶ καθ’ ἕκαστον τῶν ἄλλων ἰδίαν τινὰ τῆσ κατὰ τὸ μόριον ἐνεργείασ. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., , section 44)

Synonyms

  1. of the pulse

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