echoencephalographyn.
/ˌɛkəʊɛnsɛfəˈlɒɡrəfi/ Medicine.
The use of reflected ultrasound to examine the skull and brain.
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echoencephalography1956
echocardiography1965
1956 L. Leksell in Acta Chirurgica Scandinavica 110 301 The terminology for the diagnostic ultrasonic examinations is inconsistent. The terms echograph and echogram..appear to be adequate and the term echo-encephalography will be used to designate examination of the brain by this method.
1976 Lancet 30 Oct. 959/1 Hydrocephalus was revealed by echoencephalography.
Derivatives
ˌechoenˈcephalogram n. a record or tracing which has been obtained in echoencephalography.
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cardiogram1871
angiogram1877
myogram1882
arteriogram1885
phlebogram1885
sphygmogram1887
pneumatogram1890
electrocardiogram1895
tonogram1899
tremogram1899
stethogram1900
telecardiogram1906
electrogram1909
phonocardiogram1911
bigram1916
electromyogram1917
ECG1918
polygram1923
pneumotachogram1926
salpingogram1927
haemogram1929
angiogram1932
angiograph1934
electroencephalogram1934
cystometrogram1936
EEG1936
ballistocardiogram1938
vectorcardiogram1938
myelogram1940
pupillogram1940
EMG1949
echoencephalogram1956
spirogram1956
magnetocardiogram1963
electronystagmogram1965
echocardiogram1966
magnetoencephalogram1968
tympanogram1969
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echoencephalogram1956
echocardiogram1966
1956 L. Leksell in Acta Chirurgica Scandinavica 110 302 It is as yet often impossible to say with certainty to which structure a given reflex in the echo-encephalogram is referable.
1974 C. B. T. Adams in R. M. Kirk et al. Surgery xiv. 270 Echo-encephalogram. This technique depends on ultra-sound..being transmitted through part of the skull just above the ears, where the sides of the skull are most nearly parallel, so that the sound will bounce off the pineal gland and the walls of the third ventricle.
ˌechoencephaloˈgraphic adj.
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echoencephalographic1968
echocardiographic1972
1968 Jrnl. Acoustical Soc. Amer. 44 1339 (heading) Effect of the skull in degrading the display of echoencephalographic B and C Scans.
ˌechoencephaloˈgraphically adv. by means of echoencephalography.
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echoencephalographically1964
1964 Med. Electronics & Biol. Engin. II. 21/1 Victims are investigated echo-encephalographically for intra-cranial haematoma.
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