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  • 91microradiography — Making radiographs of histologic sections of tissue for enlargement. SEE ALSO: historadiography. * * * mi·cro·ra·di·og·ra·phy .rā dē äg rə fē n, pl phies radiography in which an X ray photograph is prepared showing minute internal structure see… …

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  • 92nephrostogram — A radiograph of the kidney after opacification of the renal pelvis by injecting a contrast agent through a nephrostomy tube. [nephrostomy + G. gramma, writing] * * * ne·phros·to·gram ni fräs tə .gram …

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  • 93opacity — 1. A lack of transparency; an opaque or nontransparent area. 2. On a radiograph, a more transparent area is interpreted as an o. to x rays in the body. 3. Mental dullness. [L. opacitas, shadiness] nodular o. a solitary, round, circumscribed… …

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  • 94phlebogram — A tracing of the jugular or other venous pulse. SYN: venogram (2). [phlebo + G. gramma, something written] * * * phle·bo·gram flē bə .gram n 1) a tracing made with a sphygmograph that records the pulse in a vein 2) a radiograph of a vein after… …

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  • 95plane — 1. A two dimensional flat surface. See planum. 2. An imaginary surface formed by extension of a point through any axis or two definite points, in reference especially to craniometry and to pelvimetry. SYN: planum. [L. planus, flat] Addison …

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  • 96pneumoencephalogram — Radiographs obtained by pneumoencephalography. * * * pneu·mo·en·ceph·a·lo·gram in sef ə lə .gram n a radiograph made by pneumoencephalography * * * pneu·mo·en·ceph·a·lo·gram (noo″mo ən sefґə lo gram) the radiograph obtained by… …

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  • 97pseudofracture — A condition in which a radiograph shows formation of new bone with thickening of periosteum at site of an injury to bone. * * * pseu·do·frac·ture (soo″do frakґchər) a condition seen in a radiograph of a bone as a thickening of the… …

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  • 98roentgenogram — SYN: radiograph. * * * roent·gen·o·gram ə .gram n RADIOGRAPH …

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  • 99urogram — The radiographic record obtained by urography. * * * uro·gram yu̇r ə .gram n a radiograph made by urography * * * n. an X ray of the urinary tract or any part of it. It is usually obtained after the intravenous injection of a radiopaque substance …

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  • 100venogram — 1. Radiograph of opacified veins. 2. SYN: phlebogram. [veno + G. gramma, a writing] * * * ve·no·gram vē nə .gram n a radiograph after the injection of an opaque substance into a vein * * * ve·no·gram (veґno gram) 1. phlebogram. 2. a venous pulse… …

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