cardiograph : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cardiograph	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for cardiograph
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cardiograph n medical instrument that records electric currents associated with contractions of the heart Synonym(s): cardiograph, electrocardiograph 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 Synonym(s): ballistocardiograph, cardiograph
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cardiograph \Car"diograph\, n. [Gr. kardi`a heart + -graph.] (Med.) An instrument which, when placed in contact with the chest, will register graphically the comparative duration and intensity of the heart's movements.