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A device used in the diagnosis and detection of heart abnormalities that measures electric potentials on the surface of the body and creates a record (electrocardiogram) of the electrical currents associated with heart muscle activity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cardiograph, ECG, EKG
Antonyms: none provided
medical instrument that records electric currents associated with contractions of the heart
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cardiograph
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: medical instrument
Etymology tree French électro-bor. Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Latin electro-bor. English electro- 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 electrocardiograph From electro- + cardio- + -graph.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
electrocardiògraf
— a device used in the diagnosis and detection of heart abnormalities
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Chinese Mandarin:
心電圖儀 /心电图仪
— a device used in the diagnosis and detection of heart abnormalities
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Czech:
elektrokardiograf
— a device used in the diagnosis and detection of heart abnormalities
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Dutch:
elektrocardiograaf
— a device used in the diagnosis and detection of heart abnormalities
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Esperanto:
elektrokardiografio
— a device used in the diagnosis and detection of heart abnormalities
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Finnish:
EKG-laite
— a device used in the diagnosis and detection of heart abnormalities
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French:
électrocardiographe
— a device used in the diagnosis and detection of heart abnormalities
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German:
Elektrokardiograph
— a device used in the diagnosis and detection of heart abnormalities
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Greek:
ηλεκτροκαρδιογράφος
(ilektrokardiográfos)
— a device used in the diagnosis and detection of heart abnormalities
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Greek:
ηλεκτροκαρδιογραφία
(ilektrokardiografía)
— a device used in the diagnosis and detection of heart abnormalities
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Hungarian:
elektrokardiográf
— a device used in the diagnosis and detection of heart abnormalities
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Indonesian:
elektrokardiograf
— a device used in the diagnosis and detection of heart abnormalities
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Irish:
leictreacardagraf
— a device used in the diagnosis and detection of heart abnormalities
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Japanese:
心電計
(shindenkei)
— a device used in the diagnosis and detection of heart abnormalities
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Korean:
심전계
(simjeon'gye)
— a device used in the diagnosis and detection of heart abnormalities
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Polish:
elektrokardiograf
— a device used in the diagnosis and detection of heart abnormalities
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Portuguese:
electrocardiógrafo
— a device used in the diagnosis and detection of heart abnormalities
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Romanian:
electrocardiograf
— a device used in the diagnosis and detection of heart abnormalities
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Spanish:
electrocardiógrafo
— a device used in the diagnosis and detection of heart abnormalities
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Urdu:
برقی قلب نگار
(barqī qalb nigār)
— a device used in the diagnosis and detection of heart abnormalities
