pneumoventriculographyn.
/ˌnjuːmə(ʊ)vɛnˌtrɪkjᵿˈlɒɡrəfi/, U.S. /ˈˌn(j)umoʊˌvɛnˌtrɪkjəˈlɑɡrəfi/ Medicine. Now rare.
The injection of air into the cerebral ventricles as a radiological contrast medium; radiological examination by this means. Cf. pneumoencephalography n.
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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
1918 W. E. Dandy in Ann. Surg. 68 6 From these and many other normal and pathological clinical demonstrations of the radiographic properties of air it is but a step to the injection of gas into the cerebral ventricles—pneumoventriculography.
1932 Amer. Jrnl. Roentgenol. 27 657/1 Pneumoventriculography and encephalography are valuable aids in the diagnosis of cerebral lesions.
1974 R. Passmore & J. S. Robson Compan. Med. Stud. III. xxxiv. 24/1 Air may be introduced directly into the ventricle through a burr hole in the vault of the skull (pneumoventriculography).
1986 D. Koontz Strangers i. ii. 88 For three days, they had put her through exhaustive tests. An EEG study, cranial X rays, sonograms, pneumoventriculography, a lumbar puncture, an angiogram, and more.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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