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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

Vocabulary lists containing cardiogram

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I had never seen my own brain activity laid out on a screen in front of me in real time before, like a complicated, multi-layered cardiogram.

From BBC Feb. 24, 2023

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

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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