ARTHROGRAPHY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arthrography mean? 

• ARTHROGRAPHY (noun)
  The noun ARTHROGRAPHY has 1 sense:

1. roentgenographic examination of a joint after injection of radiopaque contrast medium; produces an arthrogram

  Familiarity information: ARTHROGRAPHY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARTHROGRAPHY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Roentgenographic examination of a joint after injection of radiopaque contrast medium; produces an arthrogram

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("arthrography" is a kind of...):

roentgenography; X-ray photography (radiography that uses X-rays to produce a roentgenogram)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arthrography"):

arteriography (roentgenographic examination of arteries)

venography (roentgenographic examination of veins)

 Context examples 

Like other organic iodine compounds, ioxaglic acid blocks x-rays and appears opaque on x-ray film, thereby enhancing the visibility of structure and organs during angiography, arteriography, arthrography, cholangiography, urography, and computed tomography (CT) scanning procedures.

(Ioxaglic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

Like other organic iodine compounds, iothalamic acid blocks x-ray and appears opaque on x-ray film, thereby enhancing the visibility of structure and organs during angiography, arteriography, arthrography, cholangiography, and computed tomography (CT) scanning procedures.

(Iothalamic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)