ekg

Questions about ekg

What does ekg mean?

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

How many syllables are in ekg?

ekg has 1 syllable under the regular spelling rules, and is not divided further. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for ekg?

Close synonyms include electrocardiogram, cardiogram, ECG. 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 ekg a common word?

ekg is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.