polysomnogramn.
/ˌpɒlɪˈsɒmnəɡram/, U.S. /ˌpɑliˈsɑmnəˌɡræm/ Medicine.
A chart or record obtained by polysomnography. Also: an apparatus used in this procedure; an examination using this apparatus.
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1978 Women's Weekly (Austral.) 4 Jan. 23/1 The individual's ‘polysomnogram’..is as unique as his thumbprint.
1985 J. D. Parkes Sleep & its Disorders vii. 378 A positive result of daytime polysomnogram studies will confirm the diagnosis of sleep apnoea.
1986 Pediatrics 78 159 The mothers..responded to a questionnaire completed prior to a nine-hour polysomnogram.
1988 Forbes 30 May 292 Sleep researchers pore over polysomnograms—1,500 foot-long printouts of brain waves, eye movements, respiration, leg movements..and blood oxygen levels—looking for telltale signs of sleep disorders.
1997 Neurology 48 1389 We reviewed the records of 63 adult epilepsy patients who underwent polysomnograms in our laboratory.
2000 Mayo News 5 July Mayo Lifestyle section) 3/2 The Polysomnogram records brain activity during sleep as well as nerve and muscle function.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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