heart monitor
- noun
- /hɑrt ˈmɒnɪtər/
- Specialized
- The doctor carefully observed the patient's heart activity on the heart monitor during the operation.
- fetal heart monitor
- wear a heart monitor
- attach a heart monitor
A man wearing a heart monitor had just been fitted with the monitor.
- A man wearing a heart monitor had just been fitted with the monitor.
- There are better heart monitor apps.
Examples
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The heart monitor reads 30.
Fiction book (2002) -
"Maybe it was my imagination, but it seemed to me the heart monitor was beeping faster by the end of her tale."
Fiction book (1990) -
A man wearing a heart monitor had just been fitted with the monitor.
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The heart monitor in the background is now beating regularly.
Fiction book (1994) -
According to the heart monitor, Harrison's pulse was in a highly fluctuating state.
Fiction book (1992) -
The heart monitor beeped insistently, as though in rhythm with her thoughts.
Fiction book (1990) -
As a safety measure, the respirator and heart monitor are installed on the fixed column to prevent them from being inadvertently disconnected from the patient.
Academic text (2000) -
The heart monitor traced its own thin red line that flared and subsided erratically.
Fiction book (1995) -
Aside from the electronic beeps from scattered heart monitors and hushed conversations between unit clerks, the room is relatively quiet.
Blog text (25) -
The child is pitiful with IVs sticking in him and tubes running underneath the bandages, and a heart monitor beeping weakly above him.
Fiction book (1997)
Synonyms
A device that checks sound and picture quality
A tool doctors use to listen to the heart and lungs
A machine that shows a person's heart rate and rhythm continuously
A machine that records the heart's electrical signals over time
A machine that records the heart's electrical activity
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 Continuous
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a device that observes or tracks the heart' is directly and compositionally derived from 'heart' (the organ) plus 'monitor' (to observe/track). This noun+verb/nominal-compound pattern is a common, transparent way to name equipment (and exists across languages), so a B1 learner who knows both words can readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The MWE heart monitor comes from putting together heart (the part of the body that beats) and monitor (a device that 'watches'). It is a machine that 'watches' the heart and shows its beat so doctors can tell if it is working well.