a visual display or record produced using echocardiography
echocardiogram in American English
(ˌekouˈkɑːrdiəˌɡræm)
noun
a graphic record produced by an echocardiograph
Word origin
[1975–80; echo + cardiogram]This word is first recorded in the period 1975–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: front-load, methanogen, noogie, retrovirus, surrogate mother
Examples of 'echocardiogram' in a sentence
echocardiogram
An echocardiogram - a cardiac ultrasound - indicated 'massive' weakening of her heart muscle.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
That will probably mean blood tests and an echocardiogram - an ultrasound scan of your heart.
The Sun (2010)
My nails were tinted purple and my lips blue when they decided to take me for an echocardiogram.