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An instrument used to measure blood pressure is called.

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Barometer
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Stethoscope
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Sphygmomanometer
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Otoscope
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Solution

The correct option is C Sphygmomanometer
A sphygmomanometer is an instrument used to measure blood pressure. It is has an inflatable rubber cuff wrapped around the upper arm and is connected to an apparatus that records pressure, as the in terms of the height of a column of mercury. The first sphygmomanometer was invented by Karl Samuel Ritter von Basch, an Austrian physician in 1881.

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