: magnetic resonance imaging
also : the procedure in which magnetic resonance imaging is used

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More information will be made available following the MRI, but this report doesn't sound good for Pittsburgh. Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025 As a health provider, Ascension likely uses legacy medical equipment—an older X-ray or MRI machine, for instance—that can only connect to Windows networks with the older implementation. Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025 This setup was personalized for each participant, using MRI scans and neuronavigation to precisely target the DLPFC. New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2025 And, based on MRI scans taken at the beginning and end of the study, the intervention group appeared to have slower degeneration of cartilage in their knees. The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for MRI

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1982, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of MRI was in 1982

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“MRI.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/MRI. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.

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: magnetic resonance imaging
also : a procedure in which magnetic resonance imaging is used
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