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'ballistocardiograph'

[ballistocardiograph.n.01] as in: a medical instrument that measures the mechanical force of cardiac contractions and the amount of blood passing through the heart during a specified period by measuring the recoil of the body as blood is pumped from the ventricles

Origins

					ballistocardiograph (English)
├── ballisto- (English)
└── cardiograph (English)
    ├── -graph (English)
    └── cardio- (English)
        └── καρδία (Ancient Greek (to 1453))