myelogramn.
/ˈmʌɪələ(ʊ)ɡram/, U.S. /ˈmaɪələˌɡræm/, /ˈmaɪəloʊˌɡræm/ Medicine.
1. A radiograph obtained by myelography.
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pyelograph1913
pyelogram1914
ventriculogram1918
urogram1925
cholecystogram1927
encephalogram1928
arteriogram1929
sialogram1931
phlebogram1933
pneumoencephalogram1935
venogram1935
mammogram1937
myelogram1937
angiocardiogram1939
splenoportogram1953
placentogram1959
sinogram1961
phlebograph1967
mammograph1968
1937 Arch. Neurol. & Psychiatry (Chicago) 38 1126 The method of injection of air and the roentgen technic are discussed and five air myelograms shown.
1942 Surg., Gynecol. & Obstetr. 75 735/2 The myelogram..demonstrated a tumor which had invaded the upper thoracic subarachnoid space.
1974 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 19 Sept. 2/1 I had a whiplash and am being told a myelogram is the only way to determine if I have a ruptured disc.
1989 Brain 112 1059 At least one normal full myelogram was obligatory.
2. A differential count of the cells present in a specimen bone marrow. Cf. earlier haemogram n. at haemo- comb. form .
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cardiogram1871
angiogram1877
myogram1882
arteriogram1885
phlebogram1885
sphygmogram1887
pneumatogram1890
electrocardiogram1895
tonogram1899
tremogram1899
stethogram1900
telecardiogram1906
electrogram1909
phonocardiogram1911
bigram1916
electromyogram1917
ECG1918
polygram1923
pneumotachogram1926
salpingogram1927
haemogram1929
angiogram1932
angiograph1934
electroencephalogram1934
cystometrogram1936
EEG1936
ballistocardiogram1938
vectorcardiogram1938
myelogram1940
pupillogram1940
EMG1949
echoencephalogram1956
spirogram1956
magnetocardiogram1963
electronystagmogram1965
echocardiogram1966
magnetoencephalogram1968
tympanogram1969
1940 Biol. Abstr. 14 1635/1 Sternal puncture may also aid in diagnosis through modifications of the myelogram.
1956 E. Ponder tr. M. Bessis Cytol. Blood vii. 172 Some include megakaryocytes in the myelogram, while others do not.
1997 Ann. Hematol. 74 169 The myelogram showed that the percentages of myeloblasts, promyelocytes, and metamyelocytes did not change.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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