"EEG" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: EEGs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} EEG (countable and uncountable, plural EEGs)
  1. (medicine, countable) Initialism of electroencephalogram. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: electroencephalogram
    Sense id: en-EEG-en-noun-P16lq7a5 Categories (other): Medicine, Medicine Disambiguation of Medicine: 33 33 33 Topics: medicine, sciences
  2. (medicine, countable) Initialism of electroencephalograph. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: electroencephalograph
    Sense id: en-EEG-en-noun-jwrE7nqM Categories (other): Medicine, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Medicine Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 79 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 2 6 5 42 5 5 16 5 6 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 4 4 50 4 3 21 3 4 5 Disambiguation of Medicine: 33 33 33 Topics: medicine, sciences
  3. (medicine) Initialism of electroencephalography. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: electroencephalography
    Sense id: en-EEG-en-noun-ACrpm-4o Categories (other): Medicine, Medicine Disambiguation of Medicine: 33 33 33 Topics: medicine, sciences

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