cardiograph

English

Alternative forms

• cardiagraph (obsolete)

Etymology

Etymology tree

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 cardiograph

From cardio- + -graph.

Noun

cardiograph (plural cardiographs)

1. (cardiology) Electrocardiograph.

Derived terms

• ballistocardiograph
• echocardiograph
• phonocardiograph

Translations

an instrument which, placed in contact with the chest, graphically registers the comparative duration and intensity of the heart's movements

• Catalan: cardiògraf m
• French: cardiographe (fr) m
• Greek: καρδιογράφος (el) m (kardiográfos)
• Indonesian: kardiograf (id)
• Irish: cardagraf m
• Italian: cardiografo (it) m
• Polish: kardiograf (pl) m
• Romanian: cardiograf (ro) n
• Turkish: kardiyograf (tr)
• Urdu: قلب نگار m (qalb nigār)

References

• “cardiograph”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.