mri

noun

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, especially, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of magnetic resonance imaging.

   “Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.”

2. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable)Ellipsis of MRI scan (“magnetic resonance imaging scan”), an MRI radiogram, an initialism of magnetic resonance image
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable)Ellipsis of MRI machine (“magnetic resonance imaging machine”), an MRI radiograph, initialism of magnetic resonance imager.

verb

1. (rare, transitive)To take an MRI scan of.

   “When the delirium stopped and it was safe to take Versed, her doctors doped her up and she managed to endure the MRI, on condition that I remain with her all the time. They MRIed her skull for thirty minutes, and two days later MRIed her spine for an hour.”

   “Remarkably, no one to that point had suggested MRIing my leg, which is where my pain actually was. Everyone surmised that the issue was really in my back. Dr. Smith scheduled an MRI for that very day.”