CARDIOGRAPHY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cardiography mean? 

• CARDIOGRAPHY (noun)
  The noun CARDIOGRAPHY has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: CARDIOGRAPHY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARDIOGRAPHY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

cardiography; electrocardiography

Hypernyms ("cardiography" is a kind of...):

diagnostic procedure; diagnostic technique (a procedure followed in making a medical diagnosis)

 Context examples 

The study and analysis of the normal or abnormal functioning of the heart using methods such as echocardiography, exercise stress cardiography, 24-hour Holter EKG and magnetic resonance imaging.

(Cardiac Function Study, NCI Thesaurus)