PROTON MAGNETIC RESONANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does proton magnetic resonance mean? 

• PROTON MAGNETIC RESONANCE (noun)
  The noun PROTON MAGNETIC RESONANCE has 1 sense:

1. resonance of protons to radiation in a magnetic field

  Familiarity information: PROTON MAGNETIC RESONANCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROTON MAGNETIC RESONANCE (noun)

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Meaning:

Resonance of protons to radiation in a magnetic field

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

NMR; nuclear magnetic resonance; proton magnetic resonance

Hypernyms ("proton magnetic resonance" is a kind of...):

magnetic resonance (resonance of electrons or atoms or molecules or nuclei to radiation frequencies as a result of space quantization in a magnetic field)

 Context examples 

Also called 1H-nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging, magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging, and proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging.

(MRSI, NCI Dictionary)