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kardi`a heart + -graph.] (Med.) An
instrument which, when placed in contact with the chest, will
register graphically the comparative duration and intensity of
the heart's movements.


Car`di*o*graph"ic (?), a.
(Physiol.) Of or pertaining to, or produced by, a
cardiograph.


Car"di*oid (?), n. [Gr.
kardio-eidh`s heart-shaped; kardi`a heart +
e'i^dos shape.] (Math.) An algebraic
curve, so called from its resemblance to a heart.


Car`di*o*in*hib"i*to*ry (?), a.
(Physiol.) Checking or arresting the heart's
action.


Car`di*ol"*gy (?), n. [Gr.
kardi`a heart + -ology.] The science which
treats of the heart and its functions.


Car`di*om"e*try (?), n. [Gr. &?;
heart + -metry.] (Med.) Measurement of the
heart, as by percussion or auscultation.


Car`di*o*sphyg"mo*graph (?), n.
A combination of cardiograph and sphygmograph.


||Car*di"tis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr.
kardi`a heart + -itis: cf. F. cardite.


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