hartfilm
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Compound of hart (“heart”) + film (“film, photosensitive layer”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hartfilm m (plural hartfilms, diminutive hartfilmpje n)
- (Netherlands, now informal, now chiefly diminutive) An electrocardiogram. [from 1950s]
- Synonym: elektrocardiogram
Usage notes edit
Occasionally and mistakenly considered a misnomer, based on the incorrect supposition that film in this word refers to a motion picture.