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

“The number one issue right now … is energy prices; then fertilizer prices, because Russia is the second-largest supplier; then you have the chemicals farmers need for their soil,” Penfield added.

From Washington Post • Mar. 19, 2022

During surgery, for which people received just a local anesthetic, Penfield asked patients to describe the sensations they felt in their body in response to electrodes stimulating different parts of the brain.

From Scientific American • Mar. 17, 2022

Putting down the Penfield manual, she jumped up, thinking, I don’t need to dial now; I already have it—if it is Rick.

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