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A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph
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electrocardiogram
Word definitions for electrocardiogram in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph [syn: cardiogram , EKG , ECG ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1904, from electro- + cardiogram .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
cardiogram \car"di*o*gram`\, n. [Gr. kardi`a heart + -gram.] (Physiol.) Any instrumental record made of heart activity, especially the curve or tracing made by a cardiograph. Sometimes used synonymously with electrocardiogram .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context cardiology English) The visual output that an electrocardiograph produces
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ An electrocardiogram showed right heart strain. ▪ His electrocardiogram showed sinus rhythm with widespread ST-T wave abnormalities. ▪ Patterns of breathing and electrocardiograms were also examined. ▪ The electrocardiogram provides ...
Usage examples of electrocardiogram.
It could not be anything serious: the electroencephalograms and electrocardiograms were perfectly normal.
O'Connor, and the dates those tests were first described in clinically practical terms: X ray: chest and abdomen (1905-15) White cell count (about 1895) Serum acetone (1928) Amylase (1948) Calcium (1931) Phosphorus (1925) SCOT (1955) LDH (1956) CPK (1961) John O'Connor 45 Aldolase (1949) Lipase (1934) CSF protein (1931) CSF sugar (1932) Blood sugar (1932) Bilirubin (1937) Serum albumin/globulin (1923-38) Electrolytes (1941-6) Electrocardiogram (about 1915) Prothrombin time (1940) Blood pH (1924-57) Blood gases (1957) Protein-bound iodine (1948) Alkaline phosphatase (1933) Watson-Schwartz (1941) Creatinine (1933) Uric acid (1933) If one were to graph these tests, and others commonly used, against the total time course of medical history, one would see a flat line for more than two thousand years, followed by a slight rise beginning about 1850, and then an ever-sharper rise to the present time.
There was also a large TV screen for basic operative parameters: electrocardiogram, peripheral arterial pressure, respirations, cardiac output, central venous pressure, rectal temperature.
There were a lot of aberrant cardiac rhythm patterns, but it appeared that Ann might have a genetic predisposition to suffer from a disorder called long QT syndrome, named for a characteristic abnormal long wave in the electrocardiogram.
Tubes and wires of an IV and an electrocardiogram sprang from his body like thin exterior organs and the lump by his hip beneath the bedsheets suggested he was also hooked up to a colostomy bag.
The electrocardiogram measures electrical currents within the heart muscle—.
Once, when the palpitations were particularly frightening, my doctor arranged for me to have an electrocardiogram, but the results provided no explanation.