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ECG

American  
ECG British  

abbreviation

  1. electrocardiogram

  2. electrocardiograph

"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

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They had to call an ambulance and hook me up to an ECG machine.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 6, 2026

Miss Nicholls had undergone an ECG but the result had not been "interpreted accurately", her mother said.

From BBC Oct. 17, 2024

She said students were now being offered "Rolls-Royce" ECG tests.

From BBC Oct. 17, 2024

Fortunately, the heart rates recorded via ECG closely matched those obtained using the millimeter-wave radar for both chimpanzees, validating the proposed strategy.

From Science Daily Jun. 19, 2024

His chest exam, heart exam, and ECG are normal, and his systolic blood pressure is 165, meaning it doesn’t qualify as an urgent factor.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

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