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Definition of Cardiograph

1. Noun. Medical instrument that records electric currents associated with contractions of the heart.

2. Noun. A medical instrument that measures the mechanical force of cardiac contractions and the amount of blood passing through the heart during a specified period by measuring the recoil of the body as blood is pumped from the ventricles.

Definition of Cardiograph

1. n. An instrument which, when placed in contact with the chest, will register graphically the comparative duration and intensity of the heart's movements.

Definition of Cardiograph

1. Noun. (cardiology) an instrument which, placed in contact with the chest, graphically registers the comparative duration and intensity of the heart's movements ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cardiograph

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Medical Definition of Cardiograph

1. An instrument for recording graphically the movements of the heart, constructed on the principle of the sphygmograph. Origin: cardio-+ G. Grapho, to write (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cardiograph

cardioectomy cardioesophageal cardioesophageal junction cardioesophageal relaxation cardiofacial cardiogenesis cardiogenic cardiogenic plate cardiogenic shock cardiogenol

cardiogram cardiogramme cardiogrammes cardiograms cardiograph (current term) cardiographic cardiographies cardiographs cardiography cardiohemothrombus

cardiohepatic cardiohepatic angle cardiohepatic triangle cardiohepatomegaly cardioid cardioid condenser cardioid dark field condenser cardioids cardioinhibitory

Literary usage of Cardiograph

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1871)
"To the free end of the spring a small pad (c) is fixed, which is in communication with the cardiograph apparatus by means of a silk thread (d). ..."

2. Medical Diagnosis: A Manual of Clinical Methods by John James Graham Brown (1883)
"cardiograph.—The results which may be obtained by the use of the cardiograph are on the whole less satisfactory than those of the ..."

3. The Collected Scientific Papers of the Late Alfred Henry Garrod by Alfred Henry Garrod, William Alexander Forbes (1881)
"A small ivory pad (c) is fixed to the lower surface of the free end of the spring, and this is in communication with the recording lever of the cardiograph ..."

4. A Text Book of Physiology by John Gray McKendrick (1889)
"Section of the cardiograph of Marey for recording the movements of the heart of man or of animals, a, india-rubber membrane ; bt vulcanite or ivory knob ..."

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