Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fmri

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.68 in modern English

Syllables: fm-ri
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Initialism of functional magnetic resonance imaging.

Uncountable

noun

Initialism of functional magnetic resonance imager.

Countable

noun

Initialism of functional magnetic resonance image.

Countable

Example Sentences

"fMRI has not been carried out yet in the group of paedophilia or other paraphiliae. Given the much better spatial and in particular higher temporal resolution it may be the tool of preference."
"Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) visualizes the blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) signal in the brain, which indexes neural activity."
"The women underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), which measures changes in blood flow that happen with brain activity, while being shown images of their grandchild, another child they didn’t know, an adult they didn’t know, and the same-sex parent of their grandchild."

Etymology

From f- + MRI.

Usage

Inflected Forms

fMRIs (plural)

Phrases

fMRI machine fMRI scan fMRI scanner fMRI scanning

Frequently Paired Words

functional MRI fluoroscopy

Synonyms

fMRI scanning fMRI scanner fMRI machine fMRI scan functional MRI functional magnetic resonance imaging

Questions

What does fmri mean?: Initialism of functional magnetic resonance imaging.
Where does fmri come from?: From f- + MRI.

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