CARDIOGRAPHY

cardiography, electrocardiography

(noun) diagnostic procedure consisting of recording the activity of the heart electronically with a cardiograph (and producing a cardiogram)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

cardiography (countable and uncountable, plural cardiographies)

(medicine) The graphic recording of the movement, or other function of the heart as a means of diagnosis

Source: Wiktionary


Car`di*og"ra*phy, n.

1. Description of the heart.

2. (Physiol.) Examination by the cardiograph.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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