Chinese word

监护仪

Pronunciation

Pinyinjiān hù yí

Meaning

  • nounpatient monitor

Example

病房里有一台监护仪。bìng fáng lǐ yǒu yì tái jiān hù yí

There is a patient monitor in the ward.

Illustration for 监护仪 (patient monitor)

More examples

护士查看监护仪的读数。hù shì chá kàn jiān hù yí de dú shù

The nurse checks the patient monitor's reading.

Core concept

A bedside medical device that continuously watches vital signs and shows their changing readings for clinical care.

Common phrases

  • 便携式监护仪biàn xié shì jiān hù yí

    portable patient monitor

  • 监护仪 的读数jiān hù yí de dú shù

    patient monitor reading

  • 监护仪 屏幕jiān hù yí píng mù

    patient monitor screen

Similar words

心电监护仪xīn diàn jiān hù yí: A medical device that continuously displays a patient's heart rate and electrocardiogram waveform.
心电图机xīn diàn tú jī: A device that records heart signals through electrodes to produce an electrocardiogram.

Definition in Chinese

用于在医院或救护场所持续测量并显示患者生命体征（如心率、血压、血氧、呼吸等）的医疗设备。yòng yú zài yī yuàn huò jiù hù cháng suǒ chí xù cè liáng bìng xiǎn shì huàn zhě shēng mìng tǐ zhēng rú xīn lǜ xuè yā xuè yǎng hū xī děng de yī liáo shè bèi

Word origin

监 (jiān, "watch") + 护 (hù, "protect") + 仪 (yí, "instrument") forms a name for an instrument that watches over a patient's condition.

Usage tips

  • In English, monitor can describe a person who watches others as well as a medical device, but this Chinese noun refers specifically to the equipment.

Other meanings

  • ECG monitornoun

Related words

  • 监护设备jiān hù shè bèipatient monitoring equipmentnoun
  • 监护jiān hùmonitorverb

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