electrocardiography

noun

diagnostic procedure consisting of recording the activity of the heart electronically with a cardiograph (and producing a cardiogram)

Roots

elektronelectro- · Greek · electric; amber kardiacardio- · Greek · heart grapheingraph- · Greek · to write ia-y · Greek · process; state

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The word electrocardiography breaks down into 4 roots of Greek origin: electro-, from Greek elektron (“electric; amber”); cardio, from Greek kardia (“heart”); graph, from Greek graphein (“to write”); and -y, from Greek ia (“process; state”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.