electrodiagnosis

e·lec·tro·di·ag·no·sis

[ih-lek-troh-dahy-uhg-noh-sis]
noun, plural e·lec·tro·di·ag·no·ses [-seez] . Medicine/Medical.
diagnosis by the observation of the changes in electric irritability that occur as a result of a disease, as recorded by an electroencephalogram or the like.

Origin:
electro- + diagnosis

e·lec·tro·di·ag·nos·tic [ih-lek-troh-dahy-uhg-nos-tik] , adjective
e·lec·tro·di·ag·nos·ti·cal·ly, adverb
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electrodiagnosis e·lec·tro·di·ag·no·sis (ĭ-lěk'trō-dī'əg-nō'sĭs)
n.
Determination of the nature of a disease through observation of changes in electrical irritability.

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