Cardiographs

/ˈkɑrdiəˌɡræfs/ noun

Plural of cardiograph; instruments or recordings that measure and display the heart's electrical activity.

Plural form of 'cardiograph,' from Greek 'kardia' (heart) + 'graphos' (writer). The word emerged in medical technology vocabulary in the 1870s-1880s as cardiac monitoring became possible.

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