health monitor

Biometric tracking device

A health monitor is a device or application that tracks physiological data—heart rate, blood pressure, sleep patterns, blood oxygen levels.

Wearable health monitors like smartwatches have made continuous tracking commonplace: My health monitor alerted me that my heart rate was elevated.

The term also applies to software that checks system status: The server's health monitor flagged a failing drive.

Opposites
function

health monitorsurgical instrument

Tool for operations

pacemaker · defibrillator · ventilator · diagnostic tool · insulin pump

awareness vs. ignorance

health monitorflying blind

Acting without guidance

action type

health monitorhealth intervention

Action to improve wellbeing

prosthetic · implant · surgical robot · life support system

Family

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Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G