pneumoarthrography

pneumoarthrography
Radiography of a joint after injection of air and usually a water-soluble contrast medium. [G. pneuma, air, + arthron, joint, + grapho, to write]

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pneu·mo·ar·throg·ra·phy (noo″mo-ahr-throgґrə-fe) pneumarthrography.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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