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neuroimaging

UK/ˌnjʊəɹəʊˈɪmɪdʒɪŋ/

neuroimaging noun: the generation of images showing activity in the nervous system, usually and especially brain activity. Also the present participle and gerund of neuroimage.

Noun

neuroimaging (uncountable)

  1. The generation of images showing activity in the nervous system, usually and especially brain activity.
    • Adrian Raine [...] recently carried out a neuroimaging experiment that supports the idea that violence arises from an imbalance between impulses from the limbic system and self-control from the frontal lobes.2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin, published 2012, page 722

Also used as

neuroimaging is also the present participle and gerund of neuroimage.

Origin of neuroimaging

From neuro- + imaging.

From neuroimage + -ing.

Questions about neuroimaging

What does neuroimaging mean?
Neuroimaging means the generation of images showing activity in the nervous system, usually and especially brain activity.
What part of speech is neuroimaging?
Neuroimaging is a noun.
How do you pronounce neuroimaging?
Neuroimaging is pronounced /ˌnjʊəɹəʊˈɪmɪdʒɪŋ/ (UK).

Words near neuroimaging in the dictionary

  1. neuroimaged
  2. neuroimager
  3. neuroimagers
  4. neuroimagery
  5. neuroimages
  6. neuroimaging
  7. neuroimmune
  8. neuroimmune regulation
  9. neuroimmunity
  10. neuroimmunoendocrine
  11. neuroimmunoendocrinological

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