Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An instrument used in the detection and diagnosis of heart abnormalities that measures electrical potentials on the body surface and generates a record of the electrical currents associated with heart muscle activity.
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- noun a
device used in thediagnosis anddetection ofheart abnormalities thatmeasures electric potentials on thesurface of thebody and creates a record (electrocardiogram ) of the electrical currents associated with heart muscle activity
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- noun medical instrument that records electric currents associated with contractions of the heart
Etymologies
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Examples
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The HRS-I system monitors people's health by capturing data - such as electrocardiograph signals and body surface temperature - and then wirelessly transmitting that data to a mobile phone or a PC where a health professional or family member can access it remotely.
BBC News - Home 2011
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Antonio Toumbas, who lives with and takes care of their 80-year-old, ailing mother, is going to school to become certified as an electrocardiograph technician, Paul Toumbas said.
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I hooked myself up with a series of electrocardiograph leads designed to monitor the heart rate and rhythm of cardiac patients during exercise.
Runners Jack Canfield 2010
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Back then, the gauges were hooked up to an oscillograph, a machine that recorded data in squiggly lines on a moving roll of graph paper, something like an electrocardiograph did before the digital age.
The Dream Machine Richard Whittle 2010
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Back then, the gauges were hooked up to an oscillograph, a machine that recorded data in squiggly lines on a moving roll of graph paper, something like an electrocardiograph did before the digital age.
The Dream Machine Richard Whittle 2010
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I hooked myself up with a series of electrocardiograph leads designed to monitor the heart rate and rhythm of cardiac patients during exercise.
Runners Jack Canfield 2010
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Next, they built a body-heat powered electrocardiograph device (EKG) that monitored heart activity.
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Back then, the gauges were hooked up to an oscillograph, a machine that recorded data in squiggly lines on a moving roll of graph paper, something like an electrocardiograph did before the digital age.
The Dream Machine Richard Whittle 2010
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When Parkland's chief neurosurgeon, Dr. Kemp Clark, arrived, an electrocardiograph machine was hooked up to keep track of the heartbeat.
The Day Kennedy Died 2009
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Land area: 15,000 square meters Gunpowder (90 kg), fuse (1,300 m), seismograph with nine sensors, electroencephalograph, and electrocardiograph Hiro Ihara, courtesy Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation Cry Dragon/Cry Wolf: The Ark of Genghis Khan
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