Medical term:
encephalographic
encephalography
[en-sef″ah-log´rah-fe]radiography demonstrating the intracranial fluid-containing spaces after the withdrawal of cerebrospinal fluid and introduction of air or other gas; it includes pneumoencephalography and ventriculography.
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en·ceph·a·log·ra·phy
(en-sef-ă-log'ră-fē),Obsolete technique of radiographic representation of the brain. See: pneumoencephalography.
[encephalo- + G. graphō, to write]
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encephalography
(ĕn-sĕf′ə-lŏg′rə-fē)n. pl. encephalogra·phies
Radiographic examination of the brain in which some of the cerebrospinal fluid is replaced with air or another gas that acts as a contrast medium.
en·ceph′a·lo·graph′ic (-ə-lə-grăf′ĭk, -ə-lō-) adj.
en·ceph′a·lo·graph′i·cal·ly adv.
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en·ceph·a·log·ra·phy
(en-sef'ă-log'ră-fē)Radiographic representation of the brain.
[encephalo- + G. graphō, to write]
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encephalography
Any X ray examination of the brain. In air encephalography, the cerebrospinal fluid in the brain ventricles is replaced by air. CT SCANNING and MRI have rendered this very unpleasant procedure obsolete.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
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