seismocardiography

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What does seismocardiography mean?

The non-invasive measurement of accelerations in the chest wall produced by myocardial movement

Where does seismocardiography come from?

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tweys- Proto-Indo-European *twéys-e-ti Proto-Hellenic *tséihō Ancient Greek σείω (seíō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek σεισμός (seismós) English seismo- 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 γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-ā́ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā)bor. French -graphieder. English -graphy English cardiography English seismocardiography From seismo- + cardiography.

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