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DELTA WAVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does delta wave mean? 

DELTA WAVE (noun)
  The noun DELTA WAVE has 1 sense:

1. the normal brainwave in the encephalogram of a person in deep dreamless sleep; occurs with high voltage and low frequency (1 to 4 hertz)play

  Familiarity information: DELTA WAVE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DELTA WAVE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The normal brainwave in the encephalogram of a person in deep dreamless sleep; occurs with high voltage and low frequency (1 to 4 hertz)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

delta rhythm; delta wave

Hypernyms ("delta wave" is a kind of...):

brain wave; brainwave; cortical potential ((neurophysiology) rapid fluctuations of voltage between parts of the cerebral cortex that are detectable with an electroencephalograph)


 Context examples 


An electrocardiographic finding of initial slurring (delta wave) of the QRS complex due to the presence of an accessory pathway.

(Delta Wave by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)



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