- pneumopyelography
- Radiography of the kidney after air or gas has been injected into the renal pelvis. [G. pneuma, air, + pyelos, pelvis, + grapho, to write]
* * *
pneu·mo·py·elog·ra·phy (noo″mo-pi″ə-logґrə-fe) [pneumo- + pyelo- + -graphy] pyelography in which oxygen or air, instead of an opaque solution, is injected into the renal pelvis.
Medical dictionary. 2011.