"electroencephalography" meaning in English

See electroencephalography in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sapaa-electroencephalography.wav Forms: electroencephalographies [plural], electro-encephalography [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi Etymology: From electro- + encephalo- + -graphy. Etymology templates: {{af|en|electro-|encephalo-|-graphy}} electro- + encephalo- + -graphy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} electroencephalography (countable and uncountable, plural electroencephalographies)
  1. (neurology) The measurement and recording of electrical activity in the brain for diagnostic purposes. Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: EEG, stereoelectroencephalography Related terms: electroencephalic, electroencephalogram, electroencephalograph, alpha wave, beta wave Translations (measurement of electrical activity in medicine): electroencefalograma [masculine] (Catalan), 腦電描記法 /脑电描记法 (nǎodiànmiáojìfǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), elektroencefalografie [feminine] (Czech), elektroenkefalografia (Finnish), électroencéphalographie [feminine] (French), electroencefalografía [feminine] (Galician), Elektroenzephalografie [feminine] (German), ηλεκτροεγκεφαλογραφία (ilektroegkefalografía) [feminine] (Greek), elektroenkefalográfia (Hungarian), EEG (Hungarian), elektroensefalografi (Indonesian), elettroencefalografia [feminine] (Italian), електроенцефалогра́фија (elektroencefalográfija) [feminine] (Macedonian), elektroencefalografia [feminine] (Polish), электроэнцефалография (elektroencefalografija) [feminine] (Russian), electroencefalografía [feminine] (Spanish), elektroencefalografi [common-gender] (Swedish)

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