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cardiotachometer
[ kahr-dee-oh-ta-kom-i-ter, -tuh- ]
noun
- an instrument for measuring the heart rate.
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of cardiotachometer1
First recorded in 1925–30; cardio- + tachometer
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By means of the cardiotachometer, machine with amplifying vacuum tubes, the tiny electrical current generated by each heart beat makes its record on a paper tape, like those in stock brokers' offices.
From the electrodes ran 60-ft. wires to a "cardiotachometer," which Dr. Boas devised.
Vacuum tubes in the cardiotachometer amplified the heart action current which thereupon operated a counting device and a recording pen.
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