rheocardiography
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
31
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The measurement of hemodynamic parameters of the heart (such as stroke volume and cardiac output) by passing a high-frequency current of small amplitude through the chest and recording changes in electrical resistance.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Rheocardiography seemed to be of valuable assistance in diagnosing these cases and in recording the separate stages of the condition."
- "The biophysical principles of impedance rheocardiography were first substantiated by Russian (A. A. Kedrov, Yu. T. Pushkar) and foreign (W. G. Kubicek, B. Sramek) researchers in the 1940-1960s."
- "Judging from results of rheocardiography, the increase in the severity of cooling is accompanied by an increase in hemodynamic and cardiac rhythm impairment and increase of blood pressure."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ser-? Proto-Indo-European *srew- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *sréweti Proto-Hellenic *hréwō Ancient Greek ῥέω (rhéō) English rheo- 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 rheocardiography From rheo- + cardiography.
Usage
Inflected Forms
rheocardiographies (plural)