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The curve or tracing made by a cardiograph.

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.

sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude. Care keeps his wath in every old man's eye, And where care lodges, sleep will never lie. Shak.

Weary; mournful. Shak.

To cause (a vessel) to lean over so that she floats on one side, leaving the other side out of water and accessible for repairs below the water line; to case to be off the keel.

Expense of careening ships.

A race course: the ground run over. To go back again the same career. Sir P. Sidney.

Full of care; anxious; solicitous [Archaic] Be careful [Rev. Ver. "anxious"] for nothing. Phil. iv. 6. The careful plowman doubting stands. Milton.