MYELOGRAPHY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does myelography mean? 

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

1. roentgenography of the spinal cord to detect possible lesions (usually after injection of a contrast medium into the subarachnoid space)

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MYELOGRAPHY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Roentgenography of the spinal cord to detect possible lesions (usually after injection of a contrast medium into the subarachnoid space)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

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

 Context examples 

A contrast agent containing an iodine-based dye used in many diagnostic imaging examinations, including computed tomography, angiography, and myelography.

(Iodinated Contrast Agent, NCI Thesaurus)