- pneumoradiography
- SYN: pneumography (2).
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n.X-ray examination of part of the body using a gas, such as air or carbon dioxide, as a contrast medium. The technique was used to examine the ventricles of the brain (pneumoencephalography). It is now largely obsolete, apart from double contrast examinations of the bowel.* * *
pneu·mo·ra·di·og·ra·phy (noo″mo-ra″de-ogґrə-fe) [pneumo- + radiography] radiography of a part following the injection of air or oxygen, as in pneumoperitoneum.
Medical dictionary. 2011.