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apexcardiography

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep-der. Proto-Italic *apeks Latin apexbor. English apex Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥díyeh₂ Proto-Hellenic *kərdíyā Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía)lbor. English cardio- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā)bor. French -graphieder. English -graphy English cardiography English apexcardiography From apex + cardiography.

  1. derived from -graphy English cardiography English apexcardiography From apex + cardiography
  2. derived from -graphieder
  3. derived from *apeks Latin apexbor✻
  4. derived from *h₂ep-der✻

Definitions

  1. A noninvasive procedure for recording movements of the precordium in order to measure the…

    A noninvasive procedure for recording movements of the precordium in order to measure the beat in the cardiac apex.

    • Lian et al (1941) and Taquini et al (1940) routinely used apexcardiography in differentiating a split second heart sound from the opening snap and third heart sound in mitral valve disease.

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