noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 1
The recording that an electrocardiograph produces.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: cardiology, medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cardiogram
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 2
a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cardiogram, EKG, ECG
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: graph, graphical record
History
Etymology
From electro- + cardio- + -gram, Modelled on German Electrocardiogramm(modern German Elektrokardiogramm)
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
مُخَطَط كَهْرَبِيَّة اَلْقَلْب
(muḵaṭṭaṭ kahrabiyyat l-qalb)
— trace of an electrocardiograph
Arabic:
إِلِكْتْرُوكَارْدِيُوغْرَام
(ʔiliktrukardiyuḡrām)
— trace of an electrocardiograph
Catalan:
electrocardiograma
— trace of an electrocardiograph
Chinese Mandarin:
心電圖 /心电图
(xīndiàntú)
— trace of an electrocardiograph
Czech:
elektrokardiogram
— trace of an electrocardiograph
Dutch:
elektrocardiogram
— trace of an electrocardiograph
Dutch:
hartfilm
— trace of an electrocardiograph
Esperanto:
elektrokardiografiaĵo
— trace of an electrocardiograph
Esperanto:
elektrokardiogramo
— trace of an electrocardiograph
Estonian:
elektrokardiogramm
— trace of an electrocardiograph
Finnish:
elektrokardiogrammi
— trace of an electrocardiograph
Finnish:
sydänsähkökäyrä
— trace of an electrocardiograph
French:
électrocardiogramme
— trace of an electrocardiograph
German:
Elektrokardiogramm
— trace of an electrocardiograph
German:
EKG
— trace of an electrocardiograph
Greek:
ηλεκτροκαρδιογράφημα
(ilektrokardiográfima)
— trace of an electrocardiograph
Hungarian:
elektrokardiogram
— trace of an electrocardiograph
Hungarian:
EKG
— trace of an electrocardiograph
Ido:
elektrokardiogramo
— trace of an electrocardiograph
Indonesian:
elektrokardiogram
— trace of an electrocardiograph
Irish:
leictreacardagram
— trace of an electrocardiograph
Italian:
elettrocardiogramma
— trace of an electrocardiograph
Japanese:
心電図
(shindenzu)
— trace of an electrocardiograph
Kazakh:
электрокардиограмма
(élektrokardiogramma)
— trace of an electrocardiograph
Korean:
심전도
(simjeondo)
— trace of an electrocardiograph
Persian:
نوار قلب
(navâr-e qalb)
— trace of an electrocardiograph
Polish:
elektrokardiogram
— trace of an electrocardiograph
Portuguese:
eletrocardiograma
— trace of an electrocardiograph
Romanian:
electrocardiogramă
— trace of an electrocardiograph
Russian:
электрокардиогра́мма
(elektrokardiográmma)
— trace of an electrocardiograph
Russian:
ЭКГ
(EKG)
— trace of an electrocardiograph
Spanish:
electrocardiograma
— trace of an electrocardiograph
Swedish:
elektrokardiogram
— trace of an electrocardiograph
Tagalog:
pangguhitab-puso
— trace of an electrocardiograph
Urdu:
برقی قلب نگاری
(barqī qalb nigārī)
— trace of an electrocardiograph
Vietnamese:
điện tâm đồ
— trace of an electrocardiograph
Welsh:
electrocardiogram
— trace of an electrocardiograph
