Ballistocardiograph

/bəˌlɪstoʊˈkɑrdiəɡræf/ noun

A medical device that records the movement of the body caused by the heart pumping blood, used to assess cardiac function.

From 'ballisto-' (ballistic movement) + 'cardio-' (heart) + '-graph' (recording instrument). Created in the 1940s as an alternative cardiac diagnostic tool.

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