electrodiagnosis

[ ih-lek-troh-dahy-uhg-noh-sis ]

noun

, Medicine/Medical.

, plural e·lec·tro·di·ag·no·ses [ih-lek-troh-dahy-, uh, g-, noh, -seez].

1. diagnosis by the observation of the changes in electric irritability that occur as a result of a disease, as recorded by an electroencephalogram or the like.

Other Words From

• e·lec·tro·di·ag·nos·tic [ih-lek-troh-dahy-, uh, g-, nos, -tik], adjective
• e·lectro·diag·nosti·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of electrodiagnosis¹

electro- + diagnosis