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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
electroencephalogram
noun
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▪ A single waking interictal electroencephalogram will show epileptiform activity in about 50% of patients with epilepsy.
▪ Additional recordings with electroencephalogram, video, or other respiratory measures were used to confirm diagnoses.
▪ And this one is for the electroencephalogram, which records his brain impulses.
▪ Treatment was stopped after the electroencephalogram was found to be iso-electric.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
electroencephalogram

1934, from electro- + encephalo-, comb. form of Modern Latin encephalon "brain" (see encephalitis) + -gram.

Wiktionary
electroencephalogram

n. (context neurology English) A recording of electrical brain activity (brain waves) made by an electroencephalograph.

WordNet
electroencephalogram

n. a graphical record of electrical activity of the brain; produced by an electroencephalograph [syn: encephalogram, EEG]

Usage examples of "electroencephalogram".

It could not be anything serious: the electroencephalograms and electrocardiograms were perfectly normal.

Subsequently, a report and interpretation was obtained from Baltimore, and the report indicated no abnormalities at all and was a perfectly normal electroencephalogram.

These run the gamut from the rather primitive electroencephalogram, or EEG.