cardiogram

American

[kahr-dee-uh-gram] / ˈkɑr di əˌgræm /

noun

electrocardiogram.

cardiogram British

/ ˈkɑːdɪəʊˌɡræm /

noun

short for electrocardiogram

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Etymology

Origin of cardiogram

First recorded in 1875–80; cardio- + -gram ¹

Vocabulary lists containing cardiogram

Body Language: Cor, Cord, Cardio ("Heart")

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Another letter: “The cardiogram shows that my heart is repairing itself.”

From Washington Post • Aug. 21, 2019

Varya Gornostaeva, the head of the Russian publishing house Corpus, which later published Osipov’s books, called the essay “a cardiogram of Russian life.”

From The New Yorker • May 6, 2019

“It’s more like some sort of cardiogram graph.”

From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2018

Smith, a Chouteau native and second-year family medicine resident, told how he had treated a man who needed an echo cardiogram, a test that RiverStone doesn’t provide.

From Washington Times • Aug. 26, 2015

On Saturday, June 27, while Haupt was driving his new car to pick up his cardiogram results, the FBI arrested him.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

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