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An instrument which, when placed in contact with the chest, will register graphically the comparative duration and intensity of the heart's movements.

Of or pertaining to, or produced by, a cardiograph.

(Physiol.) Examination by the cardiograph.

An algebraic curve, so called from its resemblance to a heart.

Checking or arresting the heart's action.

The science which treats of the heart and its functions.

Measurement of the heart, as by percussion or auscultation.

Induration of the heart, caused by development of fibrous tissue in the cardiac muscle.

A combination of cardiograph and shygmograph.

Inflammation of the fleshy or muscular substance of the heart. See Endocardris and Pericarditis. Dunglison.

The basal joint of the maxilla in insects.

A yellow oil liquid, extracted from the shell of the cashew nut.

A large herbaceos plant (Cynara Cardunculus) related to the artichoke; -- used in cookery and as a sald.

Without a heart; as, an acardiac fetus.

Belonging to, or resembling, a family, or order, of plants of which the cashew tree is the type, and the species of sumac are well known examples.

Pertaining to, or derived from, the cashew nut; as, anacardic acid.

A genus of plants including the cashew tree. See Cashew.

A South American bird of the flycatcher family. (Tityra inquisetor).

A kind of linen cloth made in Normandy, the thread of which is partly blanches before it is woven.

tions are particular negatives, and the middle term a universal affirmative. Baroko and Bocardo have been stumbling blocks to the logicians. Bowen.