delta wave

delta wave

noun Physiology.
any of the slow brain waves constituting delta rhythm.

Origin:
1935–40
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delta rhythm or delta wave
 
n
physiol See also brain wave the normal electrical activity of the cerebral cortex during deep sleep, occurring at a frequency of 1 to 4 hertz and detectable with an electroencephalograph
 
delta wave or delta wave
 
n

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delta wave n.

  1. A slurring of the R-wave upstroke in an electrocardiogram as seen in Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.

  2. See delta rhythm.

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