[syn: ballistocardiograph, cardiograph]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cardiograph
n 1: medical instrument that records electric currents
associated with contractions of the heart [syn:
cardiograph, electrocardiograph]
2: 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]