any other apparatus used to produce an encephalogram
encephalograph in American English
(enˈsefələˌɡræf, -ˌɡrɑːf)
noun Medicine
1.
an encephalogram
2.
an electroencephalograph
Derived forms
encephalographic (enˌsefələˈɡræfɪk)
adjective
encephalographically
adverb
encephalography (enˌsefəˈlɑɡrəfi)
noun
Word origin
[1930–35; encephalo- + -graph]This word is first recorded in the period 1930–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: DNA, boondoggle, logical positivism, old school tie, uncertainty principleencephalo- is a combining form meaning “brain,” used in the formation of compound words. Otherwords that use the affix encephalo- include: encephalogram, encephalomyelitis, encephalomyocarditis, encephalopathy, encephalotomy; -graph is a combining form meaning “drawn,” “written” (lithograph; monograph). It is specialized in meaning to indicate the instrument rather than the writtenproduct of the instrument (telegraph; phonograph)