Cardiogram
electrocardiogram.
Historical Examples
But when they get a look at that cardiogram on the screen they’ll just throw up their hands.
Star Surgeon Alan Nourse
Yet Dal had known when he saw the second cardiogram that the attempt would have to be made.
Star Surgeon Alan Nourse
noun
short for electrocardiogram
n.
1876, from cardio- + -gram.
cardiogram car·di·o·gram (kär’dē-ə-grām’)
n.
The curve traced by a cardiograph, used in the diagnosis of heart disorders.
See electrocardiogram.
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