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cardiograph

[ kahr-dee-uh-graf, -grahf ]

cardiograph

/ -ˌɡræf; ˌkɑːdɪəʊˈɡræfɪk; ˌkɑːdɪˈɒɡrəfə; ˈkɑːdɪəʊˌɡrɑːf /

noun

  1. an instrument for recording the mechanical force and form of heart movements
“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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Derived Forms

  • cardiographer, noun
  • ˌcardiˈography, noun
  • cardiographic, adjective
  • ˌcardioˈgraphically, adverb
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Other Words From

  • car·di·o·graph·ic [kahr-dee-, uh, -, graf, -ik], adjective
  • car·di·og·ra·phy [kahr-dee-, og, -r, uh, -fee], noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cardiograph1

First recorded in 1865–70; cardio- + -graph
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Example Sentences

"And I told him I would be back after having the cardiograph."

Cardiac impulse, after a few days' use of the Crat�gus, is greatly strengthened and yields that low, soft tone so characteristic of the first sound, as shown by the cardiograph.

Ryan says tests done this week show no changes in his heart since his previous cardiograph four years earlier.

The action of the heart may be very accurately observed by means of the electric cardiograph.

The cardiograph is constructed with an unerring accuracy by which a one-hundredth part of a second is indicated on a graph.

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