encephalogram

1. 1.

   a graphical record of electrical activity of the brain; produced by an electroencephalograph

   SynonymselectroencephalogramEEG

   Broadergraph
2. 2.

   an X ray of the brain made by replacing spinal fluid with a gas (usually oxygen) to improve contrast

   Synonymspneumoencephalogram

   Broaderroentgenogram

Other forms of encephalogram

plural

encephalograms·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about encephalogram

What does encephalogram mean?

encephalogram means "a graphical record of electrical activity of the brain; produced by an electroencephalograph". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in encephalogram?

encephalogram has 5 syllables: en-ce-pha-lo-gram. The stress falls on "pha".

What is another word for encephalogram?

Close synonyms include electroencephalogram, EEG, pneumoencephalogram. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is encephalogram a common word?

encephalogram is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.