cholecystographyn.
/ˌkɒlɪsɪˈstɒɡrəfi/ Medicine.
X-ray examination of the gall bladder after the administration to the patient of a radio-opaque substance.
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the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > radiography or radiology > [noun] > examination of specific parts
arthrography1857
pyelography1906
renography1911
ureterography1912
pneumoventriculography1918
ventriculography1918
encephalography1922
cholecystography1925
urography1925
arteriography1928
angiography1930
sialography1931
pneumoencephalography1932
planigraphy1933
urethrography1933
lymphography1935
placentography1935
salpingography1935
venography1935
cholangiography1936
mammography1937
myelography1937
phlebography1937
angiocardiography1938
neuroradiology1938
lymphangiography1941
nephrography1947
splenoportography1953
pancreatography1955
sinography1957
pharyngography1981
1925 E. A. Graham et al. in Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. LXXXIV. 14/2 We have established the fact that chole~cystography is possible in the living human subject. By this we mean making the gall-bladder opaque to the roentgen ray by the injection of certain substances into the blood stream.
1926 Glasgow Med. Jrnl. 106 153 (heading) Cholecystography: The X-ray Visualisation of the Gall-Bladder by means of Sodium Tetraiodophenolphthalein (Graham's Method).
1962 Lancet 8 Dec. 1208/2 Radiographic examination of the biliary tract is an invaluable aid to diagnosis. Cholangiography yields more information than cholecystography.
Derivatives
choleˈcystogram n. an X-ray photograph of the gall bladder.
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the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > radiography or radiology > [noun] > an X-radiograph > of specific parts
pyelograph1913
pyelogram1914
ventriculogram1918
urogram1925
cholecystogram1927
encephalogram1928
arteriogram1929
sialogram1931
phlebogram1933
pneumoencephalogram1935
venogram1935
mammogram1937
myelogram1937
angiocardiogram1939
splenoportogram1953
placentogram1959
sinogram1961
phlebograph1967
mammograph1968
1927 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 14 May 1550/1 Cholecystography is being used so extensively to test the function of the gallbladder that it was considered advisable to compare the evidence of the cholecystogram with the pathological changes in the gallbladder after its removal.
ˌcholecystoˈgraphic adj. pertaining to or involving cholecystography.
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the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > radiography or radiology > [adjective] > of specific parts
phlebographic1893
urographic1925
cholecystographic1927
salpingographic1927
myelographic1928
ventriculographic1932
pneumoencephalographic1935
angiographic1936
arteriographic1936
mammographic1937
sialographic1938
angiocardiographic1939
venographic1940
veno'graphical1940
neuroradiologic1952
panoral1959
neuroradiological1962
lymphangiographic1967
1927 Trans. Amer. Gastroenterological Assoc. 1926 XXIX. 284 (title) Cholecystographic gall-bladder diagnosis.
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