electrocardiograph

English

Etymology

electro- +‎ cardiograph

Pronunciation

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Noun

electrocardiograph (plural electrocardiographs)

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

Synonyms

cardiograph

Derived terms

Translations

a device used in the diagnosis and detection of heart abnormalities

Czech: elektrokardiograf m
Esperanto: elektrokardiografio
Finnish: EKG-laite
Hungarian: elektrokardiográf (hu)
Irish: leictreacardagraf m
Romanian: electrocardiograf (ro) n
Spanish: electrocardiógrafo (es) m

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