cardiogram
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4.5
- noun
- /ˈkɑrdioʊɡræm/
- Specialized
:
cardiograma
- They will conduct a cardiogram to monitor how well your heart is functioning.
Examples
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His patient had sailed through the protocol with no symptoms and no changes on his cardiogram.
Fiction book (1995) -
He just had his cardiogram, which was perfect.
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But I can tell you, his cardiogram doesn't look very bad at all.
Fiction book (1996) -
I had an angiography and ultrasonic cardiogram.
Academic text (2016) -
As Sergeyev interpreted the cardiogram... the heart experienced a flare-up of electrical activity.
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And we think in terms of X-rays, mammograms, cardiograms and that sort of thing.
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I've seen his cardiogram.
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The doctor showed me the cardiogram to explain the electrical activity of my heart.
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After reviewing his cardiogram, the cardiologist assured him that everything looked normal.
Synonyms
60
3.9
A test that records the heart's electrical signals
3
5.5
A test that records the heart's electrical activity to check for heart problems
Surface Forms
Morphology
cardiogram = cardio + gram
The word is built from classical combining forms meaning 'heart' and 'record,' but the medical sense is specialized and not fully predictable for an average B1 learner.
Etymology
The word cardiogram comes from cardio- meaning 'heart' and -gram meaning 'a written or drawn record', as in diagram. So a cardiogram is a recorded picture that shows the heart's electrical activity.