"transcranial direct current stimulation" meaning in English

See transcranial direct current stimulation in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} transcranial direct current stimulation (uncountable)
  1. A form of neurostimulation which uses a constant low current delivered to the brain area of interest via electrodes on the scalp, typically as a way of treating psychiatric conditions. Wikipedia link: transcranial direct current stimulation Tags: uncountable Synonyms: tDCS
    Sense id: en-transcranial_direct_current_stimulation-en-noun-uODXkAx9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for transcranial direct current stimulation meaning in English (1.5kB)

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "transcranial direct current stimulation (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2014, Mark I Johnson, Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation",
          "text": "The effects of transcranial direct current stimulation are modified when combined with medication and other neurostimulation techniques, such as repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016 November 25, Olivia Solon, The Guardian",
          "text": "The field of brain stimulation is in its infancy, though preliminary studies have shown that transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), which uses direct electrical currents to stimulate specific parts of the brain, can help with depression, anxiety and chronic pain but can also cause burns on the skin.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A form of neurostimulation which uses a constant low current delivered to the brain area of interest via electrodes on the scalp, typically as a way of treating psychiatric conditions."
      ],
      "id": "en-transcranial_direct_current_stimulation-en-noun-uODXkAx9",
      "links": [
        [
          "neurostimulation",
          "neurostimulation"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "tDCS"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "transcranial direct current stimulation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "transcranial direct current stimulation"
}
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "transcranial direct current stimulation (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2014, Mark I Johnson, Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation",
          "text": "The effects of transcranial direct current stimulation are modified when combined with medication and other neurostimulation techniques, such as repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016 November 25, Olivia Solon, The Guardian",
          "text": "The field of brain stimulation is in its infancy, though preliminary studies have shown that transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), which uses direct electrical currents to stimulate specific parts of the brain, can help with depression, anxiety and chronic pain but can also cause burns on the skin.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A form of neurostimulation which uses a constant low current delivered to the brain area of interest via electrodes on the scalp, typically as a way of treating psychiatric conditions."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "neurostimulation",
          "neurostimulation"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "transcranial direct current stimulation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "tDCS"
    }
  ],
  "word": "transcranial direct current stimulation"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.