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cardiograph

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car·di·o·graph  (kärd--grf)
n.
1. An instrument used to record the mechanical movements of the heart.
2. See electrocardiograph.
cardi·ogra·phy (-gr-f) n.
cardiograph
Noun
an electrocardiograph
cardiographer n
cardiography n
cardiograph
an instrument to record the action of the heart. — cardiographer, n. — cardiographic, adj.
See also: Heart
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Noun1.cardiographcardiograph - medical instrument that records electric currents associated with contractions of the heart
electrocardiograph
cardiac monitor, heart monitor - a piece of electronic equipment for continual observation of the function of the heart
medical instrument - instrument used in the practice of medicine
2.cardiograph - 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
ballistocardiograph
cardiac monitor, heart monitor - a piece of electronic equipment for continual observation of the function of the heart
medical instrument - instrument used in the practice of medicine


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