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# ecg

«ecg» in Mova's school dictionary: **Short for electrocardiogram: a medical test that records…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an ECG, ECGs) — abbreviation

### meaning for a pupil

1) Short for electrocardiogram: a medical test that records the electrical signals of the heart as a wavy line. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ecg/#m1)

2) The machine that does this test (electrocardiograph). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ecg/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In health and science lessons about the heart, an ECG shows how the heart beats; in hospitals and TV dramas, the ECG line beeping on a screen shows a patient's heartbeat; phrases: «have an ECG», «ECG machine».

### examples

- The doctor gave Grandad an ECG to check his heart. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ecg/#x1)
- Sticky pads are put on your chest for an ECG. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ecg/#x2)
- The ECG showed a normal heartbeat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ecg/#x3)
- An ECG does not hurt at all. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ecg/#x4)
- On the screen, the ECG line went up and down with each beat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ecg/#x5)
- Nurses read the ECG to see if the heart was beating normally. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ecg/#x6)

### note

Written in capitals: ECG; said «ee-see-gee», so «an ECG». In the USA also called EKG (from the German spelling). Do not confuse with EEG (brain waves).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ecg» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ecg/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.