Encephalography


[en-sef-uh-luh-graf, -grahf] /ɛnˈsɛf ə ləˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf/

noun, Medicine/Medical.
1.
an encephalogram.
2.
an .
/ˌɛnsɛfəˈlɒɡrəfɪ/
noun
1.
the branch of medical science concerned with taking and analysing X-ray photographs of the brain
2.
another name for electroencephalography See electroencephalograph
/ɛnˈsɛfələˌɡrɑːf; -ˌɡræf/
noun
1.
short for electroencephalograph
2.
any other apparatus used to produce an encephalogram

encephalography en·ceph·a·log·ra·phy (ěn-sěf’ə-lŏg’rə-fē)
n.
Radiographic examination of the brain in which some of the cerebrospinal fluid is replaced with air or another gas that acts as a contrasting medium.
en·ceph’a·lo·graph’ic (-ə-lə-grāf’ĭk, -ə-lō-) adj.

encephalograph en·ceph·a·lo·graph (ěn-sěf’ə-lə-grāf’, -ə-lō-)
n.

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