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HEART MONITOR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A piece of electronic equipment for continual observation of the function of the heart
Synonyms:
cardiac monitor; heart monitor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("heart monitor" is a kind of...):
monitor (a piece of electronic equipment that keeps track of the operation of a system continuously and warns of trouble)
Meronyms (parts of "heart monitor"):
ballistocardiograph; cardiograph (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)
cardiograph; electrocardiograph (medical instrument that records electric currents associated with contractions of the heart)
cathode-ray oscilloscope; CRO; oscilloscope; scope (electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities)
