| NOUN | act | X-ray photography, roentgenography | radiography that uses X-rays to produce a roentgenogram |
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| Meaning | radiography that uses X-rays to produce a roentgenogram. | |
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| Synonym | roentgenography | |
| Narrower | angiography | roentgenographic examination of blood vessels after injection of a radiopaque contrast medium |
| arthrography | roentgenographic examination of a joint after injection of radiopaque contrast medium | |
| cholangiography | roentgenographic examination of the bile ducts after a contrast medium has been injected | |
| encephalography | roentgenography of the brain after spinal fluid has been replaced by a gas (usually oxygen) | |
| myelography | roentgenography of the spinal cord to detect possible lesions (usually after injection of a contrast medium into the subarachnoid space) | |
| pyelography | roentgenography of the kidney and ureters (usually after injection with a radiopaque dye) | |
| Broader | diagnostic procedure, diagnostic technique | A procedure followed in making a medical diagnosis |
| radiography | photography that uses other kinds of radiation than visible light | |
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