Definition of Encephalography

1. Noun. Roentgenography of the brain after spinal fluid has been replaced by a gas (usually oxygen); produces an encephalogram.


Definition of Encephalography

1. Noun. (medicine) An X-ray examination of the brain in which air replaces some of the cerebrospinal fluid to act as a contrast medium ¹

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Definition of Encephalography

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Medical Definition of Encephalography

1. Radiographic representation of the brain. See: pneumoencephalography. Origin: encephalo-+ G. Grapho, to write (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Encephalography

encephalize-
encephalo-
encephalocele
encephaloceles
encephaloclastic microcephaly
encephalocraniocutaneous lipomatosis
encephalocystocele
encephaloduroarteriosynangios
encephalodynia
encephalogram
encephalograms
encephalograph
encephalographies
encephalographs
encephalography (current term)
encephaloid
encephaloid cancer
encephalolith
encephalology
encephaloma
encephalomalacia
encephalomeningitis
encephalomeningocele
encephalomeningopathy
encephalomere
encephalometer
encephalomyelitides
encephalomyelitis

Literary usage of Encephalography

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Health Care Technology And Its Assessment In Eight Countries edited by H. David Banta (2004)
"The advantages of this brain scanner were quickly recognized; the competing technologies of cerebral angiography, pneumo-encephalography, and isotope ..."

2. Risk Assessment for Neurobehavioral Toxicity edited by Bernard Weiss, Jurg Elsner (1997)
"RG, ed). New York:Theme Stratton, 1984; 191-213. Daly DD, Pedley TA. Current Practice of Clinical Electro- 17. encephalography. New York:Raven Press, 1990. ..."

3. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1824)
"We have been led to anticipate in some measure the consideration of the third general head, to which we referred the obstacles to correct encephalography. ..."

4. Critical Perspectives On Racial And Ethnic Differences In Health In Late Life by Norman B. Anderson, Rodolfo A. Bulatao, Barney Cohen (2004)
"They also had poorer sleep maintenance and lower automated delta counts assessed via electro- encephalography. Another recent study found that daytime worry ..."

5. Biological Rhythms: Implications for the Worker by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"'Gates' and 'Forbidden Zones' for Sleep," Electro- encephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology 63:414^25, 1986. 82. Leathwood, P., "Circadian Rhythms of ..."

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