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noun
A type of radiographic examination that uses a contrast medium to detect pathology of the spinal cord, including the location of a spinal cord injury, cysts, and tumors.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
roentgenography of the spinal cord to detect possible lesions (usually after injection of a contrast medium into the subarachnoid space)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: roentgenography, X-ray photography
History
Etymology tree Ancient Greek μυελός (muelós)der. English myelo- Proto-Indo-European *gerbh- Proto-Hellenic *grə́phō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā)bor. French -graphieder. English -graphy English myelography From myelo- + -graphy.
