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cardiogram

American  
[kahr-dee-uh-gram] / ˈkɑr di əˌgræm /

cardiogram British  
/ ˈkɑːdɪəʊˌɡræm /

noun

  1. short for electrocardiogram

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of cardiogram

First recorded in 1875–80; cardio- + -gram 1


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Bestsellers may offer a snapshot of passing fads, but this remarkable list compiled from more than a century of circulation data is like a literary cardiogram of the nation’s beating heart.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 11, 2020

Varya Gornostaeva, the head of the Russian publishing house Corpus, which later published Osipov’s books, called the essay “a cardiogram of Russian life.”

From The New Yorker ● May 6, 2019

“It’s more like some sort of cardiogram graph.”

From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2018

Smith, a Chouteau native and second-year family medicine resident, told how he had treated a man who needed an echo cardiogram, a test that RiverStone doesn’t provide.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 26, 2015

When Alexandra was given a cardiogram after the war, the examining doctor found that her heart was so scarred, it looked as though she’d had a heart attack.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

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