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electrogastrogram
1. A study in which the electrical current generated by the muscles of the stomach are sensed and recorded.
2. A test in which the electrical current generated by the muscles of the stomach are sensed and recorded in a manner very similar to that of an electrocardiogram of the heart.
2. A test in which the electrical current generated by the muscles of the stomach are sensed and recorded in a manner very similar to that of an electrocardiogram of the heart.
An electrogastrogram is performed by taping electrodes to the skin on the upper abdomen over the stomach.
Recordings from the muscles are stored and analyzed by a computer and the electrogastrogram is performed in order to diagnose motility disorders of the stomach, conditions which prevent the muscles of the stomach from working normally.
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electro-, electr-, electri-
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gastr-, gastro-, gaster-, gastero-, gastri-, -gastria-
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gram-, -gram-, -gram, -grammatic, -grammatical, -grammatically, -gramme, -grammic +
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