the normal brainwave in the electroencephalogram of a person who is awake but relaxed; occurs with a frequency of 8-12 hertz
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the normal brainwave in the electroencephalogram of a person who is awake but relaxed; occurs with a frequency of 8-12 hertz
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the normal brainwave in the encephalogram of a person who is awake and alert; occurs with a frequency between 12 and 30 hertz
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Nature and environment, Natural hazards.the normal brainwave in the encephalogram of a person who is awake and alert; occurs with a frequency between 12 and 30 hertz
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Nature and environment, Natural hazards.the normal brainwave in the encephalogram of a person in deep dreamless sleep; occurs with high voltage and low frequency (1 to 4 hert…
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Nature and environment, Natural hazards.the normal brainwave in the encephalogram of a person in deep dreamless sleep; occurs with high voltage and low frequency (1 to 4 hert…
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Nature and environment, Natural hazards.the normal brainwave in the encephalogram of a person who is awake but relaxed and drowsy; occurs with low frequency and low amplitude
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Nature and environment, Natural hazards.the normal brainwave in the encephalogram of a person who is awake but relaxed and drowsy; occurs with low frequency and low amplitude
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Nature and environment, Natural hazards.(neurophysiology) rapid fluctuations of voltage between parts of the cerebral cortex that are detectable with an electroencephalograph
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Biology.(neurophysiology) rapid fluctuations of voltage between parts of the cerebral cortex that are detectable with an electroencephalograph
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Biology.(neurophysiology) rapid fluctuations of voltage between parts of the cerebral cortex that are detectable with an electroencephalograph
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Biology.(neurophysiology) phenomenon that occurs when two or more neural impulses that alone are not enough to trigger a response in a neuron…
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Biology.(biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Natural hazards.long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Biology.long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Biology.short fiber that conducts toward the cell body of the neuron
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Biology.a white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Biology.a white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Biology.a white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers
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(physiology) the normal equilibrium between acids and alkalis in the body; "with a normal acid-base balance in the body the blood is s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: normal, brainwave, electroencephalogram, awake, relaxed.(physiology) the normal equilibrium between acids and alkalis in the body; "with a normal acid-base balance in the body the blood is s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: normal, brainwave, electroencephalogram, awake, relaxed.a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); bur…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: normal, brainwave, electroencephalogram, awake, relaxed.To rouse from a state resembling sleep, as from death, stupidity., or inaction; to put into action; to give new life to; to stir up; a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: normal, brainwave, electroencephalogram, awake, relaxed.a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: normal, brainwave, electroencephalogram, awake, relaxed.the unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second (named for Heinrich Rudolph Hertz)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: normal, brainwave, electroencephalogram, awake, relaxed.Normal breathing where arterialization of the blood is normal, in distinction from dyspnaea, in which the blood is insufficiently arte…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: normal, brainwave, electroencephalogram, awake, relaxed.the electrical response of the central nervous system produced by an external stimulus; "he measured evoked potentials with an electro…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: normal, brainwave, electroencephalogram, awake, relaxed.the number of occurrences within a given time period; "the frequency of modulation was 40 cycles per second"; "the frequency of his se…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: normal, brainwave, electroencephalogram, awake, relaxed.The condition of returning frequently; occurrence often repeated; common occurence; as, the frequency of crimes; the frequency of mira…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: normal, brainwave, electroencephalogram, awake, relaxed.(electronics) a graph of frequency response with signal amplitude or gain plotted against frequency
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: normal, brainwave, electroencephalogram, awake, relaxed.(electronics) a graph of frequency response with signal amplitude or gain plotted against frequency
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: normal, brainwave, electroencephalogram, awake, relaxed.
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