cardiograph
Americannoun
noun
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an instrument for recording the mechanical force and form of heart movements
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short for electrocardiograph
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The minute electrical currents in the patient's skin, reflecting the motions of his heart, are picked up by the cardiograph.
From Time Magazine Archive
The procedure was tested last week in home calls by nurses from the Alexandria, Va., Health Department carrying a nine-pound portable cardiograph, the size and shape of a small tape recorder.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yet the physician may not be able to detect them with a cardiograph or x-rays.
From Time Magazine Archive
Without another word, she shoves the telephone mouthpiece into the receptacle of a Bell Dataphone attached to the cardiograph.
From Time Magazine Archive
"And I told him I would be back after having the cardiograph."
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
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