cinefluorographyn.
/ˌsɪnɪflʊəˈrɒɡrəfi/, /ˌsɪnɪflɔːˈrɒɡrəfi/, /ˌsɪnɪflᵿˈrɒɡrəfi/, U.S. /ˌsɪnəflʊˈrɑɡrəfi/, /ˌsɪnəflɔˈrɑɡrəfi/ A technique for recording and producing moving images of the interior of the body, in which a series of X-ray images projected onto a fluorographic screen are recorded using cinematographic equipment (esp. onto cinefilm).
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society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > [noun] > by means of a computer > study or process of X-ray, etc.
thermography1840
phosphorography1886
radiography1896
scotography1896
shadow-photography1896
radiophotography1897
roentgenography1899
typoradiography1899
radiology1900
microradiography1913
Laue1915
powder photography1924
stereofluoroscopy1928
cineradiography1934
cinefluorography1936
autoradiography1941
radioautography1941
xeroradiography1950
skiagraphy1957
stereoradiography1965
1936 Defiance (Ohio) Crescent-News 3 Oct. 1/6 By means of cine-fluorography, the newest phase of medical photography, the audience saw a heart beating.
1965 Jrnl. Prosthetic Dentistry 15 1035 Eight subjects with a very great vertical overlap of anterior natural teeth were studied by means of cinefluorography.
1990 Dysphagia 5 118/2 Despite some compromise in image quality, videotape-recorded fluoroscopy..has become much more widely used for swallowing studies than cinefluorography.
2014 S. W. K. Cheng in J. L. Cronenwett & K. W. Johnston Rutherford's Vascular Surg. (ed. 8) I. xxi. 330/1 Cinefluorography is used to acquire images and generate a permanent record.
Derivatives
ˌcinefluoroˈgraphic adj.
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1937 Amer. Jrnl. Digestive Dis. 4 665 (title) Cine-Fluorographic Studies of Lesions of the Gastro-Intestinal Tract.
1960 Jrnl. Speech & Hearing Res. Sept. 227 Cinefluorographic techniques in speech research.
2010 J. W. Hirshfeld in D. Mukherjee et al. Cardiovascular Catheterization & Intervention ii. 16/1 The X-ray cinefluorographic unit is the core equipment around which the entire laboratory facility is based.
ˌcinefluoroˈgraphically adv. now somewhat rare
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1950 Jrnl. Neurosurg. 7 139 (title) Cerebral Angiography Recorded Cinefluorographically.
1983 Vet. Radiol. & Ultrasound 21 35/1 These latter movements of the tongue and the effectiveness of tongue elevation are difficult to assess cinefluorographically.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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