ballistocardiographn.
/bəˌlɪstə(ʊ)ˈkɑːdɪə(ʊ)ɡrɑːf/, /bəˌlɪstə(ʊ)ˈkɑːdɪə(ʊ)ɡraf/, U.S. /bəˌlɪstoʊˈkɑrdioʊˌɡræf/, /bəˌlɪstəˈkɑrdiəˌɡræf/ Medicine and Physiology. Now chiefly historical and rare.
An apparatus or instrument for recording the movement of the body caused by the contractions of the heart and flow of blood through the blood vessels, originally used esp. to determine cardiac output.
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pelvimeter1779
labimeter1785
pulmometer1814
neurometer1818
cardiometer1827
pneumatometer1832
lithometer1842
urinometer1843
spirometer1846
labidometer1848
paedometer1848
stethometer1850
pneumometer1853
psychograph1854
aesthesiometer1857
stethogoniometer1858
respirometer1859
anapnometer1860
chest-measurer1862
cardiograph1866
cyrtometer1867
myograph1867
myographion1867
pneumograph1868
anapnograph1870
polygraph1871
pneumatograph1874
pelycometer1875
baraesthesiometer1876
stetho-cardiograph1876
stethograph1876
haemocytometer1877
tambour1877
thoracometer1877
audiometer1879
tropometer1881
inspirometer1882
oncograph1882
oncometer1882
septometer1882
kinesimeter1885
pneograph1888
kinaesthesiometer1890
parturiometer1890
pneometer1890
spirograph1890
tonograph1890
pelvigraph1892
phrenograph1893
profilometer1895
calibrator1900
tremograph1904
urinopyknometer1905
adaptometer1907
phonoscope1908
electrocardiograph1910
phonocardiograph1913
arthrometer1918
pneumotachograph1926
cystometer1927
cardiotachometer1928
encephalograph1934
electroencephalograph1935
ballistocardiograph1938
phonoelectrocardioscope1942
electromyograph1944
pupillograph1951
statometer1957
pneumotach1961
magnetocardiograph1963
1938 I. Starr et al. in Amer. Jrnl. Physiol. 123 195 (title) Apparatus for recording the heart's recoil and the blood's impacts in man (ballistocardiograph).
1960 Science 18 Nov. 1499/3 The forces resulting from this movement correspond closely in magnitude and time with those recorded from the body by the ‘force’ ballistocardiograph.
1986 Fugitive Leaves Hist. Coll. (Coll. Physicians Philadelphia) Fall 2 (title) Isaac Starr and the ballistocardiograph.
1999 Jrnl. Amer. Coll. Cardiol. 33 1146/1 The cardiac output could be estimated by the Fick method, injection of dyes and the ballistocardiograph.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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