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ARTERIOGRAPHY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does arteriography mean?
• ARTERIOGRAPHY (noun)
The noun ARTERIOGRAPHY has 1 sense:
1. roentgenographic examination of arteries
Familiarity information: ARTERIOGRAPHY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Roentgenographic examination of arteries
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("arteriography" is a kind of...):
arthrography (roentgenographic examination of a joint after injection of radiopaque contrast medium; produces an arthrogram)
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)
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