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Answer for the clue "Medical instrument that records electric currents associated with contractions of the heart ", 18 letters:
electrocardiograph

Word definitions for electrocardiograph in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. medical instrument that records electric currents associated with contractions of the heart [syn: cardiograph ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 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

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ During the entire study the subjects electrocardiograph was displayed on a monitor.

Usage examples of electrocardiograph.

Behind him were more machines, including an electrocardiograph and a sphygmomanometer, and on the overhead in front of him was a television monitor showing a color image of the stern of the boat.

He remembered a study conducted during the Vietnam War in which carrier pilots had been fitted with portable electrocardiographs to monitor stress, and it had surprised a lot of people that the most stressful time for carrier pilots wasn't while they were being shot at — it was while they were landing, particularly at night.

He remembered a study conducted during the Vietnam War in which carrier pilots had been fitted with portable electrocardiographs to monitor stress, and it had surprised a lot of people that the most stressful time for carrier pilots wasn’t while they were being shot at — it was while they were landing, particularly at night.

He remembered a study conducted during the Vietnam War in which carrier pilots had been fitted with portable electrocardiographs to monitor stress, and it had surprised a lot of people that the most stressful time for carrier pilots wasn't while they were being shot at—it was while they were landing, particularly at night.