cardiograph
1
5.3
- noun
- /ˈkɑrdɪəˌgræf/
- Specialized
:
cardiógrafo
- [cardiograph beeping]
Examples
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Through half-closed eyes, he watches the cardiograph line hooked up to his heart dance in tempo to the music.
Fiction book (1992) -
[Cardiograph machine beeping slowly]
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When I made his cardiograph test.
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The camera moves in on the cardiograph, then moves down to show a second one.
Fiction book (1997) -
You invented those cardiographs for my benefit.
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Frantic as a cardiograph scratching out the lines,
Blog text (20) -
[cardiograph beeping more rapidly]
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[cardiograph beeping rapidly]
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[Cardiograph machine beeping slowly]
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The doctor examined the cardiograph to assess the patient's heart rhythms.
Synonyms
7
3.6
A machine that records and shows a person's heartbeat
2
3.7
A machine that shows a person's heart rate and rhythm continuously
1
5.3
A machine that records the heart's electrical signals over time
A machine that records small body movements from each heartbeat to measure heart strength and blood flow
A machine that uses sound waves to make pictures of the heart to check how it works
How Portable
Surface Forms
Morphology
cardiograph = cardio + graph
The word is a technical formation from the combining forms cardio- and -graph, but these bound morphemes are not readily available to an average B1 learner.
Etymology
The word cardiograph joins cardio- 'heart' and -graph 'to write' or 'record', the same cardio you hear in 'cardio' exercise and the same -graph in autograph and photograph. So a cardiograph is a machine that 'writes' or records what the heart does.