Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An electrocardiogram.
- noun An electrocardiograph.
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- noun cardiology
electrocardiogram
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- noun a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph
Etymologies
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Examples
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The electrocardiogram ECG also called EKG trace expresses cardiac features that are unique to an individual.
Archive 2008-08-01 Telle Whitney 2008
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The electrocardiogram ECG also called EKG trace expresses cardiac features that are unique to an individual.
Guest Blogger - Deanna Kosaraju Telle Whitney 2008
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All OSU athletes must pass physical exams before playing sports, and if problems are detected they undergo more testing, such as electrocardiography, also known as an EKG, a university athletic department spokesman said.
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The EKG is the standard test for adults with heart rhythm problems, but it doesn't work on fetuses, adds Wakai.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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The EKG is the standard test for adults with heart rhythm problems, but it doesn't work on fetuses, adds Wakai.
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The EKG is the standard test for adults with heart rhythm problems, but it doesn't work on fetuses, adds Wakai.
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The EKG is the standard test for adults with heart rhythm problems, but it doesn't work on fetuses, adds Wakai.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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People experiencing chest pain too often come to the emergency room, with subsequent electrocardiogram, also called EKG, readings not showing any evidence that a heart attack has occurred, but still leaving open the question of whether or not a heart attack is imminent and about to happen or has already happened, adds Van Eyk, director of the Johns Hopkins NHLBI Proteomics Group and the Proteomics Center at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, where the protein analysis took place.
RxPG News : Latest Medical, Healthcare and Research News 2008
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On the left and right sides of the screen they have boxes where various talking heads can cast points as the debate is in progress, and at the bottom of the screen there is a graph responding to a specially selected group of "undecided" voters -- the up and down movements of the chart, resembling some kind of EKG, show their feelings to every sentence that is spoken.
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He is starting her on a small dose and will up the dose after our next echocardiogram and EKG which is in 2 weeks.
brile Diary Entry brile 2003
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