'cardiograph' definitions:
Definition of 'cardiograph'
From: WordNet
noun
Medical instrument that records electric currents associated with contractions of the heart [syn: cardiograph, electrocardiograph]
noun
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 [syn: ballistocardiograph, cardiograph]
Definition of 'cardiograph'
From: GCIDE
- cardiograph \car"di*o*graph\, 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. [1913 Webster]