ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does electrocardiography mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY (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 ("electrocardiography" is a kind of...):

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

 Context examples 

An ambulatory electrocardiography technique that records a continuous electrocardiographic rhythm pattern for 24 hours or more to detect heart arrhythmias.

(Holter Monitoring, NCI Thesaurus)

The electrocardiography results may determine whether the heart is performing normally or suffering from abnormalities, may indicate coronary artery blockages, can be used for detecting calcium, magnesium and other electrolyte disturbances, allow the detection of conduction abnormalities, indicate the physical shape of a patient during stress test and provide information on the physical condition of the heart.

(Electrocardiography, NCI Thesaurus)