magnetoencephalography

noun

mag·​ne·​to·​en·​ceph·​a·​log·​ra·​phy mag-ˌnē-tō-in-ˌse-fə-ˈlä-grə-fē How to pronounce magnetoencephalography (audio)
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: a noninvasive technique that detects and records the magnetic field associated with electrical activity in the brain

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To better understand how the brain derives these movements from the tune, Morillon and his colleagues measured brain activity in 29 people using magnetoencephalography, a process that measures magnetic fields produced by the brain, as the participants listened to music. Anna Von Hopffgarten, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2024 For instance, the University of California has a powerful helium-reliant magnetoencephalography, or MEG, scanner, that doctors use to plan pediatric brain operations. Caroline Hopkins, NBC News, 25 Jan. 2024 Winfried Schlee of the University of Konstanz in Germany and his colleagues have been making some of the most detailed studies of tinnitus ever, using a method called magnetoencephalography (MEG, for short). Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 26 Oct. 2010 Wang has made headway using an advanced imaging technique called magnetoencephalography (MEG), which records magnetic fields on the outside of the skull that are generated by the electric currents in the brain, and then translating those signals into text. Marla Broadfoot, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 May 2023 See all Example Sentences for magnetoencephalography 

Word History

First Known Use

1968, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of magnetoencephalography was in 1968

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“Magnetoencephalography.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/magnetoencephalography. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

Medical Definition

magnetoencephalography

noun
mag·​ne·​to·​en·​ceph·​a·​log·​ra·​phy -in-ˌsef-ə-ˈläg-rə-fē How to pronounce magnetoencephalography (audio)
plural magnetoencephalographies
: a noninvasive technique that detects and records the magnetic field associated with electrical activity in the brain
abbreviation MEG
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