Penfield

American  

[pen-feeld] / ˈpɛn fild /

noun

1. Wilder Graves 1891–1976, American-Canadian neurosurgeon.

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Penfield Scientific  

/ pĕn′fēld′ /

1. American-born Canadian neurosurgeon noted for his experimental work on the exposed brains of conscious humans. His findings increased scientific understanding of the functions of the brain, brain diseases such as epilepsy, and the mechanisms involved in speech.

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Example Sentences

Gasoline prices are also still below the $4 a gallon that Syracuse’s Penfield cites as the line where people really start to feel a pinch.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

The Penfield Reef Lighthouse off Fairfield, Conn., with its 19th century aesthetics and two-story keepers quarters, starts at $50,000.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2023

“I think that’s kind of the dilemma,” Penfield said.

From Washington Post • Feb. 14, 2023

Based on these reports, Penfield employed medical artist Hortense Cantlie to draw a map of the somatosensory cortex with its corresponding body parts.

From Scientific American • Mar. 17, 2022

At the Penfield mood organ, Iran Deckard sat with her right index finger touching the numbered dial.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick