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electroencephalogram

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e·lec·tro·en·ceph·a·lo·gram  (-lktr-n-sf-l-grm)
n. Abbr. EEG
A graphic record of the electrical activity of the brain as recorded by an electroencephalograph. Also called encephalogram.

electroencephalogram [ɪˌlɛktrəʊɛnˈsɛfələˌgræm]
n
(Medicine) Med the tracing obtained from an electroencephalograph Abbreviation EEG

electroencephalogram  (-lktr-n-sf-l-grm)
A graphic record of brain waves representing electrical activity in the brain, used especially in the diagnosis of seizures and other neurological disorders. The instrument used to record an electroencephalogram is called an electroencephalograph.It generates a record of the electrical activity of the brain by measuring electric signals using a set of electrodes attached to the scalp that act as transducers. Differences of electric potential between different parts of the brain are measured by a portable set of galvanometers and printed as a wide paper strip with multiple simultaneous waveform tracings that have standard configurations in the normal brain.
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Noun1.electroencephalogram - a graphical record of electrical activity of the brain; produced by an electroencephalograph
graph, graphical record - a visual representation of the relations between certain quantities plotted with reference to a set of axes
Translations
electroencephalogram [ɪˌlektrəʊenˈsefələˌgræm] Nelectroencefalograma m
electroencephalogram [ɪˌlɛktrəʊɛnˈsɛfələgræm] nélectroencéphalogramme m
electroencephalogram [ɪˌlɛktrəʊɛnˈsɛfələˌgræm] nelettroencefalogramma m
electroencephalogram [ɪˌlɛktrəʊɛnˈsɛfələˌgræm] nelettroencefalogramma m


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Patient 11 had periodic episodes of limb shaking; an electroencephalogram during these events showed generalized slow waves but no seizure activity.
Used with a wristband weighing only 100g, the device can detect whether or not there is apnea, and if any, its intensity, without technical, all-night testing of electroencephalogram at hospital.
2005) stated that the polyneuropathy with axonal polyneuropathy was verified by serial electroencephalogram and nerve conduction velocity studies.
 
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