renogramn.
/ˈriːnə(ʊ)ɡram/, U.S. /ˈrinəˌɡræm/ Medicine.
Originally: = nephrogram n. In later use: a graphical record of the uptake and excretion of a radioactive isotope by the kidney.
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1951 Jrnl. Urol. 66 305 The terms nephrogram and renogram have been used interchangeably to denote opacification of the renal shadows due to presence of a urographic medium in either the finer elements of the renal vasculature or the various segments of the nephron, or both.
1956 C. C. Winter in Jrnl. Urol. 76 182 This paper describes the clinical investigation of a new tracer technique for rapid estimation of renal function, the radioactive diodrast renogram.
1965 Independent Press-Telegram (Long Beach, Calif.) 20 June a11/1 Used mainly are renograms, tracings that show kidney function.
1974 R. Passmore & J. S. Robson Compan. Med. Stud. III. xxii. 16/2 Patients with unilateral disturbances in renal function show differences in the shape and amplitude of the two renograms.
2008 Pediatric Nephrol. 23 347 This management involves a regimen of ultrasounds..and nuclear renograms for diagnosis and surveillance.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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