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electrocardiograph

[ih-lek-troh-kahr-dee-uh-graf, -grahf]

noun

Medicine/Medical.
  1. a galvanometric device that detects and records the minute differences in electric potential caused by heart action and occurring between different parts of the body: used in the diagnosis of heart disease.



electrocardiograph

/ ɪˌlɛktrəʊˌkɑːdɪˈɒɡrəfɪ, -ˌɡræf, ɪˌlɛktrəʊˈkɑːdɪəʊˌɡrɑːf /

noun

  1. ECGan instrument for recording the electrical activity of the heart

“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

electrocardiograph

  1. An instrument that records electrical activity in the heart. The electrocardiograph produces an electrocardiogram.

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Other Word Forms

  • electrocardiography noun
  • electrocardiographic adjective
  • electrocardiographically adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of electrocardiograph1

First recorded in 1910–15; electro- + cardiograph
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It is stocked with monitors, electrocardiographs, ventilators and oxygen tanks and can care for severely ill patients while they are transported to a major hospital.

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The Apple Watch’s EKG won’t be nearly as comprehensive as the one produced by a traditional electrocardiograph, which hooks up to multiple parts of the body, like the one the cardiologist used on me.

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At Columbia, Carney recruited students, telling them that they were part of a study intended to measure the effects of placing an electrocardiograph’s electrodes either above or below the heart.

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Mio, which has been making heart trackers for 15 years, pointed to a San Francisco State University study finding Mio’s tech had a high correlation to electrocardiograph readings during cycling and running.

Numbers were recorded, the electrocardiograph was continuously monitored.

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