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CARDIAC MONITOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cardiac monitor mean? 

CARDIAC MONITOR (noun)
  The noun CARDIAC MONITOR has 1 sense:

1. a piece of electronic equipment for continual observation of the function of the heartplay

  Familiarity information: CARDIAC MONITOR used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CARDIAC MONITOR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A piece of electronic equipment for continual observation of the function of the heart

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cardiac monitor; heart monitor

Hypernyms ("cardiac monitor" is a kind of...):

monitor (a piece of electronic equipment that keeps track of the operation of a system continuously and warns of trouble)

Meronyms (parts of "cardiac monitor"):

ballistocardiograph; cardiograph (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)

cardiograph; electrocardiograph (medical instrument that records electric currents associated with contractions of the heart)

cathode-ray oscilloscope; CRO; oscilloscope; scope (electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities)


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