ELECTROCARDIOGRAPH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does electrocardiograph mean? 

• ELECTROCARDIOGRAPH (noun)
  The noun ELECTROCARDIOGRAPH has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ELECTROCARDIOGRAPH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELECTROCARDIOGRAPH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cardiograph; electrocardiograph

Hypernyms ("electrocardiograph" is a kind of...):

medical instrument (instrument used in the practice of medicine)

Holonyms ("electrocardiograph" is a part of...):

cardiac monitor; heart monitor (a piece of electronic equipment for continual observation of the function of the heart)

 Context examples 

It is made by an instrument called an electrocardiograph.

(ECG, NCI Dictionary)

Their heart rates were measured using a medical-grade electrocardiograph.

(Fitness Trackers Bad at Measuring Calories Burned, Study Says, VOA)

An arrhythmia that is detected on an electrocardiograph.

(Arrhythmia by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus)

Six of the seven devices tested, which included the Apple Watch, Basis Peak, Fitbit Surge, Microsoft Band, Mio Alpha 2, PulseOn and the Samsung Gear S2, did a good job measuring heart rate, coming within 5 percent of the accuracy of the electrocardiograph.

(Fitness Trackers Bad at Measuring Calories Burned, Study Says, VOA)