An electrocardiograph, ECG, is a record of the electrical activity of the heart, obtained from electrodes connected to the chest. The tiny voltage at each electrode is amplified and connected to a pen producing a wavy line on continuously moving paper, or a similar line on a screen. Thus it shows as graphs the patterns produced at each heartbeat. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20541
<apparatus> An instrument for recording the potential of the electrical currents that traverse the heart and initiate its contraction. ... (05 Mar 2000) ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20973
Type: Term Pronunciation: ē-lek′trō-kar′dē-ō-graf Definitions: 1. An instrument for recording the potential of the electrical currents that traverse the heart. Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=28232
a galvanometric device that detects and records the minute differences in electric potential caused by heart action and occurring between different parts of the body: used in the diagnosis of heart disease. Also called Found on https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/electrocardiograph