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| EKG |
abbreviation of "electrocardiogram," the graphic pattern traced by an electrocardiograph, which shows electrical activity in the heart muscles and which is used to diagnose heart ailments or malfunction. |
| electrocardiogram |
the graphic pattern traced by an electrocardiograph, which shows electrical activity in the heart muscles and which is used to diagnose heart ailments or malfunction; EKG; ECG; cardiogram. |
| electroencephalogram |
the graphic pattern recorded by an electroencephalograph of electric activity in the brain; EEG. |
| espalier |
a trellis or framework on which a vine, shrub, or fruit tree is trained to grow in a flat pattern. [1/3 definitions] |
| exemplar |
an ideal that serves as a pattern; archetype. [1/4 definitions] |
| eyelet |
an embroidered fabric that has a pattern of small, bound holes; eyelet embroidery. [1/3 definitions] |
| featherstitch |
a stitch in embroidery or knitting in which short, alternating branches on either side of a central line form a zigzag pattern. [1/3 definitions] |
| figure |
a pictorial pattern. [2/16 definitions] |
| figured |
decorated, esp. with a pattern; ornamented. [1/3 definitions] |
| filigree |
any intricate, lacy pattern or form. [1/4 definitions] |
| fingerprint |
an impression of the skin pattern in the fingertip left on an object that it has touched, esp. one made with ink and used as identification. [1/2 definitions] |
| flocking |
fine fibers, such as wool, applied to a smooth surface such as wallpaper or fabric to form a raised pattern; flock. [1/2 definitions] |
| flowered |
covered with, decorated with, or having a pattern of flowers. |
| fluctuate |
to move in a wavelike pattern; undulate. [1/3 definitions] |
| fluting |
a decorative pattern of long, rounded, parallel grooves, as on columns or some glassware. [1/3 definitions] |
| folkway |
(often pl.) a pattern of life or mode of thought or action shared by a people as part of their traditional culture. |
| foot |
the smallest unit of poetry, consisting of two or three syllables with a certain specified pattern of stresses, such as an iamb or dactyl. [1/10 definitions] |
| forked |
having a zigzag pattern, as lightning. [1/2 definitions] |
| form |
the style, design, pattern, or method of an artistic work. [1/16 definitions] |
| fret2 |
an angular, repeated pattern within a border. [1/3 definitions] |
| fretwork |
ornamental openwork composed of interlacing bars in a repeated, geometric pattern. |
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