encephalogram

[ en-sef-uh-luh-gram ]
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nounMedicine/Medical.
  1. an x-ray of the brain, usually involving replacement of some cerebrospinal fluid by air or other gas that circulates to the brain's ventricular spaces and acts as a contrast medium.

Origin of encephalogram

1
First recorded in 1925–30; encephalo- + -gram1

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British Dictionary definitions for encephalogram

encephalogram

/ (ɛnˈsɛfələˌɡræm) /


noun
  1. an X-ray photograph of the brain, esp one (a pneumoencephalogram) taken after replacing some of the cerebrospinal fluid with air or oxygen so that the brain cavities show clearly

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