magnetic resonance imaging

Noun

magnetic resonance imaging (countable and uncountable, plural magnetic resonance imagings)

1. (uncountable) A technique that uses nuclear magnetic resonance to form cross sectional images of the human body for diagnostic purposes.

   Synonyms:

   MRI

2. (countable) An instance of this technique being used; an image made using this technique.
   • Confirmation of the condition is made through radiographs, bone scans, or magnetic resonance imagings (MRI’s).1995, Marcia K. Anderson, Susan J. Hall, “Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease”, in Sports Injury Management, Media, Pa.: Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN, section III (Injuries to the Lower Extremity), chapter 9...
   • I had blood tests for HIV, hepatitis and scores of other illnesses, and two MRIs (magnetic resonance imagings, which show internal organs) to rule out cancer.1998 April, Sharon Andrzejewski, as told to Wendy Marston, “‘For five years, I was exhausted, feverish and sick. The doctors said it was stress. I knew it was more’”, in Elizabeth Crow, editor...

   Synonyms:

   MRI