electroencephalography

See also: electro-encephalography

English

Alternative forms

• electro-encephalography

Etymology

From electro- +‎ encephalo- +‎ -graphy.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi

Noun

electroencephalography (countable and uncountable, plural electroencephalographies)

1. (neurology) The measurement and recording of electrical activity in the brain for diagnostic purposes.

Derived terms

• EEG
• stereoelectroencephalography

 

Related terms

• electroencephalic
• electroencephalogram
• electroencephalograph

 

Translations

measurement of electrical activity in medicine

• Catalan: electroencefalograma m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 腦電描記法／脑电描记法 (nǎodiànmiáojìfǎ)

• Czech: elektroencefalografie f
• Finnish: elektroenkefalografia (fi)
• French: électroencéphalographie (fr) f
• Galician: electroencefalografía (gl) f
• German: Elektroenzephalografie (de) f
• Greek: ηλεκτροεγκεφαλογραφία (el) f (ilektroegkefalografía)
• Hungarian: elektroenkefalográfia (hu), EEG (hu)
• Italian: elettroencefalografia (it) f
• Macedonian: електроенцефалогра́фија f (elektroencefalográfija)
• Polish: elektroencefalografia (pl) f
• Russian: электроэнцефалография (ru) f (elektroencefalografija)
• Spanish: electroencefalografía (es) f
• Swedish: elektroencefalografi (sv) c

See also

• alpha wave
• beta wave

Further reading

• electroencephalography on Wikipedia.Wikipedia