magnetocardiographyn.
/maɡˌniːtəʊˌkɑːdɪˈɒɡrəfi/, U.S. /mæɡˌnɛdoʊˌkɑrdɪˈɑɡrəfi/, /mæɡˌnidoʊˌkɑrdɪˈɑɡrəfi/ Medicine.
The measurement of the magnetic fields associated with the electrical and mechanical activity of the heart.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > specific measuring or recording > [noun]
arteriography1833
pulmometry1835
pneumometry1853
sphygmography1859
spirometry1859
sphygmometry1867
pneumatometry1876
stethography1876
stethometry1876
cephalometry1881
haemautography1885
haemoglobinometry1887
pelvigraphy1890
plethysmography1890
sphygmomanometry1905
electrocardiography1910
phlebography1912
phonocardiography1913
T.P.R.1917
Fick('s) principle1920
pneumography1921
polygraphy1923
electromyography1926
oscillometry1927
pneumotachography1930
electroencephalography1935
oximetry1944
vectorcardiography1946
ballistocardiography1950
tympanometry1956
thermography1957
cystometry1959
spirography1959
rheograph1960
magnetocardiography1967
Fick method1968
magnetoencephalography1968
biofeedback1970
tympanography1977
1967 Bull. Exper. Biol. & Med. 64 1024 Magnetocardiography is also valuable as an addition to electrocardiography.
1994 Jrnl. Electrocardiol. 27 139/2 Direct current magnetocardiography brought no additional information.., at least where ST-segment displacements during exercise were concerned.
Derivatives
magˌnetocardioˈgraphic adj. of, relating to, or involving magnetocardiography.
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the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > specific measuring or recording > [adjective]
cardiographic1863
myographic1867
sphygmographic1867
polygraphic1871
cardiometrical1874
stethometric1876
plethysmographic1884
cyrtometric1885
haemautographic1885
spirometric1887
spirometrical1887
pneumographic1888
paedometric1889
myographical1890
stethographic1890
phlebographic1893
cephalometrical1895
oncometric1897
sphygmometric1898
sphygmomanometric1902
electrocardiographic1909
electrographic1909
cystometric1927
oscillometric1927
pneumotachographic1928
phonocardiographic1931
cephalometric1935
electroencephalographic1936
ballistocardiographic1939
phonocardiographical1943
spirographic1946
electronystagmographic1956
magnetocardiographic1970
tympanometric1970
magnetoencephalographic1976
1970 Amer. Heart Jrnl. 79 231/2 Since the electromotive surface representing the activation boundaries lies in the heart, electrocardiographic or magnetocardiographic lead fields need only be known within this region.
1997 Pediatric Cardiol. 18 201 Magnetocardiographic recordings from a fetus at 34 weeks' gestation with a complex heart malformation revealed an unusual fetal arrhythmia.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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