noun
Meaning 1
Electrocardiograph.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: cardiology, medicine, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
cardiograph
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noun
Meaning 2
a medical instrument that measures the mechanical force of cardiac contractions and the amount of blood passing through the heart during a specified period by measuring the recoil of the body as blood is pumped from the ventricles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ballistocardiograph
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: medical instrument
noun
Meaning 3
medical instrument that records electric currents associated with contractions of the heart
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: electrocardiograph
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: medical instrument
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥díyeh2 Proto-Hellenic *kərdíyā Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía)lbor. English cardio- Proto-Indo-European *gerbh- Proto-Hellenic *grə́phō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der. English -graph English cardiograph From cardio- + -graph.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: cardiògraf — an instrument which, placed in contact with the chest, graphically registers the comparative duration and intensity of the heart's movements
- French: cardiographe — an instrument which, placed in contact with the chest, graphically registers the comparative duration and intensity of the heart's movements
- Greek: καρδιογράφος (kardiográfos) — an instrument which, placed in contact with the chest, graphically registers the comparative duration and intensity of the heart's movements
- Indonesian: kardiograf — an instrument which, placed in contact with the chest, graphically registers the comparative duration and intensity of the heart's movements
- Irish: cardagraf — an instrument which, placed in contact with the chest, graphically registers the comparative duration and intensity of the heart's movements
- Italian: cardiografo — an instrument which, placed in contact with the chest, graphically registers the comparative duration and intensity of the heart's movements
- Polish: kardiograf — an instrument which, placed in contact with the chest, graphically registers the comparative duration and intensity of the heart's movements
- Romanian: cardiograf — an instrument which, placed in contact with the chest, graphically registers the comparative duration and intensity of the heart's movements
- Turkish: kardiyograf — an instrument which, placed in contact with the chest, graphically registers the comparative duration and intensity of the heart's movements
- Urdu: قلب نگار (qalb nigār) — an instrument which, placed in contact with the chest, graphically registers the comparative duration and intensity of the heart's movements