Meanings
nounbrain scanner (plural brain scanners)
plural brain scanners · alternative brain-scanner · alternative brainscanner
- medicineA device used to perform brain imaging.
Fortunately all this was superseded in the 1970s, by the invention of the first brain scanner.
2006, Ammar Al-Chalabi, Martin R. Turner, R. Shane Delamont, The Brain: A Beginner's Guide, Oneworld Publications, published 2011, page 208
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