Abbreviations
| ac | alternating current |
| AV | atrio-ventricular |
| CO | cardiac output |
| DC | direct current |
| ECG, MCG | electrocardiogram, magnetocardiogram |
| EDR | electrodermal response |
| EEG, MEG | electroencephalogram, magnetoencephalogram |
| EHV, MHV | electric heart vector, magnetic heart vector |
| emf | electromotive force |
| EMG, MMG | electromyogram, magnetomyogram |
| ENG, MNG | electronystagmogram, magnetonystagmogram |
| EOG, MOG | electro-oculogram, magneto-oculogram |
| EPSP,IPSP | excitatory and inhibitory post-synaptic potentials |
| ERG, MRG | electroretinogram, magnetoretinogram |
| ERP | early receptor potential |
| ESR | electric skin resistance |
| F, V | flow, vortex |
| FN, FP | false negative, false positive |
| GSR | galvanic skin reflex |
| HR | heart rate |
| IPL | inner plexiform layer |
| LA, RA, LL | left arm, right arm, left leg |
| LBBB, RBBB | left bundle-branch block, right bundle-branch block |
| LVED | left ventricular end-diastolic |
| LVH, RVH | left ventricular hypertrophy, right ventricular hypertrophy |
| LRP | late receptor potential |
| MFV | magnetic field vector |
| MI | myocardial infarction |
| MSPG | magnetic susceptibility plethysmography |
| OPL | outer plexiform layer |
| PAT | paroxysmal atrial tachycardia |
| PCG | phonocardiogram |
| PGR | psychogalvanic reflex |
| REM | rapid eye movements |
| rf | radio-frequency |
| rms | root mean square |
| RPE | retinal pigment epithelium |
| SA | sino-atrial |
| SQUID | Superconducting QUantum Interference Device |
| SV | stroke volume |
| TEA | tetraethylammonium |
| TN, TP | true negative, true positive |
| TTS | transverse tubular system |
| TTX | tetrodotoxin |
| V | ECG lead (VF, VL, VR, aVF, aVL, aVR, V1 ... V6) |
| VCG | vectorcardiography |
| VECG, VMCG | vector electrocardiography, vector magnetocardiography |
| WPW | Wolf-Parkinson-White (syndrome) |