electroencephalographyn.
/ᵻˌlɛktrəʊɪnˌsɛfəˈlɒɡrəfi/, /ᵻˌlɛktrəʊɛnˌsɛfəˈlɒɡrəfi/, /ᵻˌlɛktrəʊɪnˌkɛfəˈlɒɡrəfi/, /ᵻˌlɛktrəʊɛnˌkɛfəˈlɒɡrəfi/, U.S. /əˌlɛktroʊˌɛnˌsɛfəˈlɑɡrəfi/, /iˌlɛktroʊˌɛnˌsɛfəˈlɑɡrəfi/ Medicine.
The recording of the electrical activity of the brain, typically by means of electrodes placed on the scalp; the study and interpretation of electroencephalograms. Abbreviated EEG.
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arteriography1833
pulmometry1835
pneumometry1853
sphygmography1859
spirometry1859
sphygmometry1867
pneumatometry1876
stethography1876
stethometry1876
cephalometry1881
haemautography1885
haemoglobinometry1887
pelvigraphy1890
plethysmography1890
sphygmomanometry1905
electrocardiography1910
phlebography1912
phonocardiography1913
T.P.R.1917
Fick('s) principle1920
pneumography1921
polygraphy1923
electromyography1926
oscillometry1927
pneumotachography1930
electroencephalography1935
oximetry1944
vectorcardiography1946
ballistocardiography1950
tympanometry1956
thermography1957
cystometry1959
spirography1959
rheograph1960
magnetocardiography1967
Fick method1968
magnetoencephalography1968
biofeedback1970
tympanography1977
1935 Lancet 3 Aug. 268/1 There had been no method of discovering what was happening to the cerebral neurones..during an epileptic fit. This gap in our knowledge had now been filled by electro-encephalography.
1941 G. E. Beaumont & E. C. Dodds Recent Adv. in Med. (ed. 10) xiii. 317 Electro-encephalography..is now accepted as a genuine method of studying electrical changes in the cerebral cortex.
1968 New Eng. Jrnl. Med. 7 Mar. 530/2 Between seizures no cortical activity was present on electroencephalography.
2000 K. Reichs Deadly Décisions xi. 90 The development of electroencephalography, the concept of the focal and generalized epilepsies.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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