encephalography

/ ɛnˌsɛfələˈɡræfɪk, ˌɛnsɛfəˈlɒɡrəfɪ /

noun

1. the branch of medical science concerned with taking and analysing X-ray photographs of the brain

2. another name for electroencephalography See electroencephalograph

Other Word Forms

• encephalographic adjective
• encephalographically adverb

Example Sentences

The spatial resolution of the two encephalography technologies is notoriously imprecise, however, because the recordings are made through the scalp.

From Scientific American

Researchers tested this hypothesis by inducing yawning in human subjects and then observing brain activity with encephalography as they yawned.

From New York Times

The mentation pictures we got by encephalography compare very favorably with those of any human child of ten or twelve years old, and so does their learning and puzzle-solving ability.

From Project Gutenberg