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Definition: EKG |
EKGNoun1. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | Measurement of electrical activity during heartbeats. (references) |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
Ekg | English | Effective kilogram | Meteorology & Standards |
EKG | German | Elementkostengliederung | Building & Civil Engineering, Meteorology & Standards |
EKG | Swedish | Elektrokardiografi | Medicine, Meteorology & Standards |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: EKGSynonyms: cardiogram (n), electrocardiogram (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: EKG |
| Specialty definitions using "EKG": EKG mount, ekg technicia. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "EKG" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. German (ecg). |
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Clever | 1968: Keg. 1998: EKG. (references; author: unknown) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | NRRCS personnel evaluating EKG range monitoring system on an intensive grazing system in Oklahoma.Credit: Jeff Vanuga. |
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| Play | Caption |
 | A heartbeat beeping in an EKG machine. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG). A record of the electrical activity of the heart. (references) | |
The EKG, blood pressure, and pulse rate should be monitored throughout the procedure. (references) | ||
An electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG) is a graphic record of the electrical activity of the heart as it contracts and rests. (references) | ||
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Expression using "EKG": EKG mount. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
ekg | 875 |
ekg interpretation | 93 |
ekg machine | 86 |
12 lead ekg | 50 |
abnormal ekg | 44 |
ekg reading | 44 |
ekg strip | 35 |
ekg technician | 29 |
read an ekg | 23 |
ekg tutorial | 20 |
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| Language | Translations for "EKG"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
French | support d'ECG (EKG mount), équipage mobile d'ECG (EKG mount). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ekgay.(various references) | |
Russian | экг. (various references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: keg. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-k" | |
+1 letter: geck, geek, kegs, skeg. | |
+2 letters: eking, gecko, gecks, geeks, geeky, gleek, greek, kedge, kluge, kugel, skegs. | |
+3 letters: deking, gasket, gawked, gawker, gecked, geckos, gleeks, kedged, kedges, kegler, keying, kinged, kludge, kluges, kugels, maskeg, muskeg, skeigh. | |
+4 letters: becking, boskage, brokage, bulkage, corkage, decking, dockage, doglike, erlking, evoking, garpike, gaskets, gawkers, gawkier, gawkies, gecking, geckoes, geekier, gemlike, gemsbok, geoduck, gerenuk, gherkin, glaiket, gleeked, godlike, grackle, gumlike, gutlike, gweduck, hoglike, jackleg, jerking, kecking, kedging, keeking, keelage, keeling, keening, keeping, kegeler, keglers, kegling, kelping, kenning, kepping, kerbing, kerfing, kerning, kerogen, kerygma, kinglet, kleagle, kludges, kneeing, leakage, leaking, leglike, legwork, linkage, lockage, maskegs, muskegs, necking, package, peaking, pecking, peeking, peglike, perking, piglike, recking, reeking, ruglike, seeking, sinkage, skeeing, skewing, skreegh, skreigh, soakage, taglike, tankage, wiglike, yerking, yeuking. | |
+5 letters: aguelike, beknight, beraking, betaking, blackleg, blockage, boskages, brakeage, breakage, breaking, brockage, brokages, bulkages, checking, cheeking, cleeking, clerking, corkages, creaking, deckings, dekagram, dockages, enskying, erlkings, fanglike, flecking, freaking, froglike, gamecock, gamelike, garpikes, gatelike, gavelock, gawkiest, geekiest, gemsboks, gemsbuck, geoducks, gerenuks, gherkins, gingkoes, ginkgoes, giveback, gleeking, glenlike, gluelike, gnatlike, goadlike, goatlike, gonglike, grackles, grosbeak, gulflike, gunkhole, gweducks, heckling, jacklegs, jingkoes, keckling, kedgeree, keelages, keepings, kegelers, keglings, kennings, kerogens, kerygmas, kingless, kinglets, kinglier, kinglike, kingside, kleagles, kneading, kneeling, knelling, knighted, leakages, legworks, likening, linkages, lockages, magicked, megabuck, neckings, packaged, packager, packages, rebuking, reinking, rekeying, remaking, retaking, revoking, rewaking, ringlike, ringneck, sighlike, sinkages, skeining, skelping, skreeghs, skreighs, sleeking, smeeking, smerking, snaglike, sneaking, soakages, songlike, speaking, specking, steeking, tankages, tokening, trackage, trekking, truckage, tweaking, twiglike, wakening, weakling, weeklong, wigmaker, winglike, wreaking, wreckage, wrecking. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 4B 47 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references). -.- --. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01001011 01000111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E K G |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 004B 0047 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)394541 |
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