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pneumoencephalopathy

pneumoencephalopathy noun: a historical term for brain dysfunction caused by air entering the cranial cavity, typically as a complication of older diagnostic procedures like pneumoencephalography.

Noun

pneumoencephalopathy (plural pneumoencephalopathies)

  1. A historical term for brain dysfunction caused by air entering the cranial cavity, typically as a complication of older diagnostic procedures like pneumoencephalography.

Forms of pneumoencephalopathy

pluralpneumoencephalopathies

Questions about pneumoencephalopathy

What does pneumoencephalopathy mean?
Pneumoencephalopathy means a historical term for brain dysfunction caused by air entering the cranial cavity, typically as a complication of older diagnostic procedures like pneumoencephalography.
What part of speech is pneumoencephalopathy?
Pneumoencephalopathy is a noun.
What is the plural of pneumoencephalopathy?
The plural of pneumoencephalopathy is pneumoencephalopathies.

Words near pneumoencephalopathy in the dictionary

  1. pneumoencephalograms
  2. pneumoencephalographic
  3. pneumoencephalographies
  4. pneumoencephalography
  5. pneumoencephalopathies
  6. pneumoencephalopathy
  7. pneumofibrosis
  8. pneumogalactan
  9. pneumogalactans
  10. pneumogastric
  11. pneumogastric nerve

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