seismocardiographyn.
/ˌsʌɪzməʊkɑːdɪˈɒɡrəfi/ The analysis of movements of the chest as a means of studying those of the heart.
ΚΠ
1962 Probl. Space Biol. I. 463 Seismocardiography is a form of ballistocardiography.
1979 Human Physiol. V. 542 The use of seismocardiography in clinical, athletic, and space medicine,..and for mass examinations of the population is..a promising development.
Derivatives
seismoˈcardiogram n. the record made by this process.
ΚΠ
1962 Probl. Space Biol. I. 463 The recording of the seismocardiograms is impossible during movements.
1965 Proc. 14th Internat. Astronaut. Congr., 1963 III. 38 During weightlessness the animal showed an absolute and relative increase of the first cycle of the seismocardiogram.
ˈseismocardiographic adj. of or pertaining to seismocardiography.
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1962 Probl. Space Biol. I. 461 The constructional details of a seismocardiographic transducer on dogs are given.
1970 L. I. Kakurin et al. in D. E. Busby Rec. Adv. Aerospace Med. 43 Biomedical monitoring was carried out by means of a unified sensor system. It comprised seismocardiographic (SCG) and pneumographic (PG) sensors.
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