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magnetoencephalography

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A noninvasive neuroimaging technique that records the tiny magnetic fields produced by electrical activity in the brain, allowing precise mapping of brain function in real time.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, neurology, neuroscience, sciences

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History

Etymology

From magneto- + encephalo- + -graphy; compare magnetencephalography.

Across languages

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  • Catalan: magnetoencefalografia — technique
  • Czech: magnetoencefalografie — technique
  • Dutch: magneto-encefalografie — technique
  • Finnish: magnetoenkefalografia — technique
  • French: magnétoencéphalographie — technique
  • Galician: magnetoencefalografía — technique
  • German: Magnetenzephalographie — technique
  • German: Magnetoenzephalographie — technique
  • Hebrew: מגנטואנצפלוגרפיה — technique
  • Hungarian: magnetoenkefalográfia — technique
  • Interlingua: magnetoencephalographia — technique
  • Italian: magnetoencefalografia — technique
  • Japanese: 脳磁図 (nōjizu) — technique
  • Polish: magnetoencefalografia — technique
  • Portuguese: magnetoencefalografia — technique
  • Romanian: magnetoencefalografie — technique
  • Russian: магнитоэнцефалография (magnitoencefalografija) — technique
  • Serbo-Croatian: магнетоенцефалографија — technique
  • Serbo-Croatian: magnetoencefalografija — technique
  • Spanish: magnetoencefalografía — technique