ECG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ECG mean? 

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

1. a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ECG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

cardiogram; ECG; EKG; electrocardiogram

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

graph; graphical record; graphical recording (a visual representation of the relations between certain quantities, represented as points, plotted with reference to a set of axes)

Holonyms ("ECG" is a part of...):

checkup; health check; medical; medical checkup; medical exam; medical examination (a thorough physical examination; includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person)

 Context examples 

Terminology codelist used with ECG Tests within the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Study Data Tabulation Model.

(CDISC SDTM ECG Test Terminology by Code, NCI Thesaurus)

Terminology codelist used with ECG Tests within CDISC.

(CDISC SDTM ECG Test Terminology by Code, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Terminology codelist used with ECG Test Names within CDISC.

(CDISC SDTM ECG Test Name Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Terminology codelist used with ECG Test Names within the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Study Data Tabulation Model.

(CDISC SDTM ECG Test Name Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)

Terminology codelist used with ECG Test Methods within CDISC.

(CDISC SDTM ECG Test Method Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Terminology related to classifications that describe SEND ECG tests.

(CDISC SEND Electrocardiogram Category Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

An electrocardiographic finding of pathologic Q waves, which is suggestive of myocardial infarction of one or more regions of the heart and which is new compared to prior ECGs.

(New Myocardial Infarction by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Findings related to the collection of ECG data, including position of the subject, method of evaluation, all cycle measurements and all findings from the ECG including an overall interpretation if collected or derived.

(Electrocardiogram Domain, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A character or string that represents the ECG assessment.

(Electrocardiogram Test, NCI Thesaurus)

This characteristic ECG pattern is typically seen in Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.

(Delta Wave by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)