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encephalograph

[ en-sef-uh-luh-graf, -grahf ]

noun

, Medicine/Medical.
  1. an encephalogram.


encephalograph

/ -ˌɡræf; ɛnˈsɛfələˌɡrɑːf /

noun

  1. any other apparatus used to produce an encephalogram
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • en·ceph·a·lo·graph·ic [en-sef-, uh, -l, uh, -, graf, -ik], adjective
  • en·cepha·lo·graphi·cal·ly adverb
  • en·ceph·a·log·ra·phy [en-sef-, uh, -, log, -r, uh, -fee], noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of encephalograph1

First recorded in 1930–35; encephalo- + -graph
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Example Sentences

The calming lines of the rectilinear tower contrast with “the ragged skyline of the city” which “resembled the disturbed encephalograph of an unresolved mental crisis”.

Half of Gavotti's machine is a still more delicate encephalograph.

It flashed by the planet Damocles at multiples of the speed of light, and sensing the proximity of the prey on which it was homed, spurted into the intergalactic depths after the receding ship, intent on meshing with and thereby distorting the encephalograph pattern of its target.

I switched on the ICEG—inter-cortical encephalograph—planted in my temporal bone.

The ax came down on the encephalograph and Berry burst into tears and allowed Titus to lead him away.

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