cardiogram

American

[kahr-dee-uh-gram] / ˈkɑr di əˌgræm /

noun

electrocardiogram.

cardiogram British

/ ˈkɑːdɪəʊˌɡræm /

noun

short for electrocardiogram

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Etymology

Origin of cardiogram

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

Vocabulary lists containing cardiogram

Body Language: Cor, Cord, Cardio ("Heart")

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Example Sentences

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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

Another letter: “The cardiogram shows that my heart is repairing itself.”

From Washington Post • Aug. 21, 2019

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

“Some people’s cardiogram just starts scribbling wildly at the age of 18, and it feels terrible for those people,” he said.

From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2018

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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