ecg

1. 1.

   a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph

   SynonymselectrocardiogramcardiogramEKG

   Broadergraph

   Part ofcheckup

Other forms of ecg

plural

ecgs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ecg

What does ecg mean?

ecg means "a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph".

How many syllables are in ecg?

ecg has 1 syllable: ecg.

What is another word for ecg?

Close synonyms include electrocardiogram, cardiogram, EKG. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ecg a common word?

ecg is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.