"A 'retronym' is a new name for an object or concept to differentiate the original form or version of it from a more recent form or version."
Examples include "acoustic guitar" & "analog watch".
At the recent resting-state conference in Milwaukee, a new acronym was proposed: "T-fMRI", for task-fMRI, as distinguished from R-fMRI, for resting fMRI.
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