radiography of the gall bladder after administration of a contrast medium
cholecystography in American English
(ˌkouləsɪˈstɑɡrəfi, ˌkɑlə-)
noun
Medicine
the production of x-ray photographs of the gallbladder following administration of a radiopaque substance that is secreted by the liver into the gallbladder
Derived forms
cholecystogram (ˌkouləˈsɪstəˌɡræm, ˌkɑlə-)
noun
Word origin
[1920–25; cholecyst + -o- + -graphy]This word is first recorded in the period 1920–25. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Unknown Soldier, fundamentalism, montage, slalom, superpower-o- is the typical ending of the first element of compounds of Greek origin (as -i- is, in compounds of Latin origin), used regularly in forming new compounds with elementsof Greek origin and often used in English as a connective irrespective of etymology(Franco-Italian; geography; seriocomic; speedometer); -graphy is a combining form denoting a process or form of drawing, writing, representing,recording, describing, etc., or an art or science concerned with such a process. Otherwords that use the affix -graphy include: biography, choreography, geography, orthography, photography