ecg

«ecg» in Mova's school dictionary: Short for electrocardiogram: a medical test that records… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (an ECG, ECGs) — abbreviation

meaning for a pupil

1) Short for electrocardiogram: a medical test that records the electrical signals of the heart as a wavy line. tree →

2) The machine that does this test (electrocardiograph). tree →

sense in the lessons

In health and science lessons about the heart, an ECG shows how the heart beats; in hospitals and TV dramas, the ECG line beeping on a screen shows a patient's heartbeat; phrases: «have an ECG», «ECG machine».

examples

• The doctor gave Grandad an ECG to check his heart. tree →
• Sticky pads are put on your chest for an ECG. tree →
• The ECG showed a normal heartbeat. tree →
• An ECG does not hurt at all. tree →
• On the screen, the ECG line went up and down with each beat. tree →
• Nurses read the ECG to see if the heart was beating normally. tree →

note

Written in capitals: ECG; said «ee-see-gee», so «an ECG». In the USA also called EKG (from the German spelling). Do not confuse with EEG (brain waves).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «ecg» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.