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cardiograph

/ˈkɑːdiəɡrɑːf/noun

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हृदय-लेखी

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noun
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    [C] medical

    an instrument that measures and records the movements of the heart

    हृदय-लेखी

    • The cardiograph showed a normal heartbeat.
    • The doctor studied the cardiograph carefully before telling the family that the heart was healthy.
    • A nurse attached the cardiograph to the patient's chest.
    + 2 more examples
    • The cardiograph printed a long line of waves on paper.
    • Old cardiographs were large machines that took up half a room.
◇Word family
⌂Word origin and word building

Cardio- means heart, -graph means writing or recording.

Cardio- का अर्थ हृदय, -graph का अर्थ लिखना या रिकॉर्ड करना।

✓In the exam

One-word substitution

One-word substitution, asked often: an instrument that records the heart's activity is a cardiograph (the record it produces an electrocardiogram, ECG); a doctor who treats the heart a cardiologist; an instrument for listening to the heart a stethoscope.

अक्सर पूछा जाता है: हृदय की गतिविधि रिकॉर्ड करने वाला यंत्र cardiograph (उससे बना रिकॉर्ड electrocardiogram, ECG); हृदय का इलाज करने वाला डॉक्टर cardiologist; हृदय की धड़कन सुनने का यंत्र stethoscope।

General knowledge

The crescograph, invented by Jagadish Chandra Bose, measures the growth of plants.

जगदीश चंद्र बोस द्वारा आविष्कृत crescograph पौधों की वृद्धि मापता है।