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ENCEPHALOGRAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does encephalogram mean? 

ENCEPHALOGRAM (noun)
  The noun ENCEPHALOGRAM has 2 senses:

1. a graphical record of electrical activity of the brain; produced by an electroencephalographplay

2. an X ray of the brain made by replacing spinal fluid with a gas (usually oxygen) to improve contrastplay

  Familiarity information: ENCEPHALOGRAM used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ENCEPHALOGRAM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain; produced by an electroencephalograph

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

EEG; electroencephalogram; encephalogram

Hypernyms ("encephalogram" is a kind of...):

graph; graphical record; graphical recording (a visual representation of the relations between certain quantities, represented as points, plotted with reference to a set of axes)


Sense 2

Meaning:

An X ray of the brain made by replacing spinal fluid with a gas (usually oxygen) to improve contrast

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

encephalogram; pneumoencephalogram

Hypernyms ("encephalogram" is a kind of...):

roentgenogram; X-ray; X-ray photograph; X-ray picture; X ray (a radiogram made by exposing photographic film to X rays; used in medical diagnosis)


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