encephalogram

American  

[en-sef-uh-luh-gram] / ɛnˈsɛf ə ləˌgræm /

noun

Medicine/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.

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encephalogram British  

/ 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

2. short for electroencephalogram

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Etymology

Origin of encephalogram

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

Example Sentences

But it’s something else, too: a weave of thousands of filament-fine lines, as energy-charged as an encephalogram.

From New York Times

All the printed lines of the graph paper, for example, have, for no given reason, been traced over, freehand, in pencil, firmly here, shakily there, so that a common emblem of geometric exactitude has become personalized, like the lines of an encephalogram.

From New York Times

Handwriting is civilization's casual encephalogram.

From Time Magazine Archive

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