electrocardiograph

English

Etymology

electro- +‎ cardiograph

Pronunciation

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Noun

electrocardiograph (plural electrocardiographs)

1. 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

• electrocardiographic (adj)
• electrocardiographically (adv)
• electrocardiography (n)

Translations

a device used in the diagnosis and detection of heart abnormalities

• Czech: elektrokardiograf m
• Esperanto: elektrokardiografio
• Finnish: EKG-laite
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: leictreacardagraf m
• Romanian: electrocardiograf (ro) n
• Spanish: electrocardiógrafo (es) m