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MRI

noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Initialism of magnetic resonance imaging.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, especially, initialism, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Ellipsis of MRI scan (“magnetic resonance imaging scan”), an MRI radiogram, an initialism of magnetic resonance image

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Ellipsis of MRI machine (“magnetic resonance imaging machine”), an MRI radiograph, initialism of magnetic resonance imager.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable

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Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To take an MRI scan of.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: rare, transitive

Topics: medicine, sciences

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5

noun

Meaning 5

the use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: magnetic resonance imaging

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: imaging, tomography

Narrower terms: functional magnetic resonance imaging, fMRI

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ՄՌՏ (MṘT) — magnetic resonance imaging — see also magnetic resonance imaging
  • Armenian: ՄՌՇ (MṘŠ) — magnetic resonance imaging — see also magnetic resonance imaging
  • Finnish: magneettikuvaus — magnetic resonance imaging — see also magnetic resonance imaging
  • German: MRT — magnetic resonance imaging — see also magnetic resonance imaging
  • Persian: امآرآی (em-âr-ây) — magnetic resonance imaging — see also magnetic resonance imaging
  • Portuguese: IRM — magnetic resonance imaging — see also magnetic resonance imaging
  • Russian: МРТ (MRT) — magnetic resonance imaging — see also magnetic resonance imaging
  • Spanish: TRM — magnetic resonance imaging — see also magnetic resonance imaging
  • Xibe: ᠠᡞᠮ ᠠᠯ ᠠᡞ (aim al ai) — magnetic resonance imaging — see also magnetic resonance imaging