Meanings
nounseismocardiography (uncountable)
- uncountableThe non-invasive measurement of accelerations in the chest wall produced by myocardial movement
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*twey-?
- Proto-Indo-European*tweys-
- Proto-Indo-European*twéys-e-ti
- Proto-Hellenic*tséihō
- Ancient Greekσείω (seíō)
- Ancient Greekσεισμός (seismós)
- Englishseismo-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱerd-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱḗr
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱr̥díyeh₂
- Proto-Hellenic*kərdíyā
- Ancient Greekκαρδία (kardía)
- Englishcardio-
- Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
- Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
- Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
- Ancient Greekγραφή (graphḗ)
- Englishcardiography
- Englishseismocardiography
From seismo- + cardiography.
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seismocardiography. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seismocardiography
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“seismocardiography.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seismocardiography. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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