Cardiograph

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  • noun. An instrument used to record the mechanical movements of the heart.
  • noun. undefined
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In physiology, an apparatus for recording by a tracing the movements of the heart.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. An instrument which, when placed in contact with the chest, will register graphically the comparative duration and intensity of the heart's movements.
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  • noun. an instrument which, placed in contact with the chest, graphically registers the comparative duration and intensity of the heart's movements
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  • noun. medical instrument that records electric currents associated with contractions of the heart
  • 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
    • Word Usage
    "The whole work is a like a heart cardiograph— a mechanical reflection of a life rhythm."
    Hypernym
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    medical instrument  
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