encephalography

English

Etymology

From encephalo- +‎ -graphy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛnˌsɛfəˈlɒɡɹəfi/
• Rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

encephalography (plural encephalographies)

1. (medicine) An X-ray examination of the brain in which air replaces some of the cerebrospinal fluid to act as a contrast medium

Derived terms

• electroencephalography
• electro-retino-encephalography
• gamma-angio-encephalography
• gamma encephalography
• gamma-encephalography
• hemoencephalography
• magnetoencephalography
• pneumoencephalography
• rheoencephalography

 

Translations

X-ray examination of brain

• Finnish: aivojen röntgenkuvaus, enkefalografia (fi)
• French: encéphalographie (fr) f
• Galician: encefalografía (gl) f
• German: Enzephalografie f
• Italian: encefalografia f
• Macedonian: енцефалогра́фија f (encefalográfija)
• Spanish: encefalografía f

Further reading

• encephalography on Wikipedia.Wikipedia