ANGIOGRAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does angiogram mean? 

• ANGIOGRAM (noun)
  The noun ANGIOGRAM has 1 sense:

1. an X-ray representation of blood vessels made after the injection of a radiopaque substance

  Familiarity information: ANGIOGRAM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANGIOGRAM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An X-ray representation of blood vessels made after the injection of a radiopaque substance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

angiograms are produced by angiography

Hypernyms ("angiogram" is a kind of...):

roentgenogram; X-ray; X-ray photograph; X-ray picture; X ray (a radiogram made by exposing photographic film to X rays; used in medical diagnosis)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "angiogram"):

lymphangiogram (an angiogram of the lymph nodes and lymph vessels made after the injection of a radiopaque substance)

 Context examples 

Monitoring the progress of cerebral aneurysms now requires repeated angiogram imaging using contrast materials that can have harmful side effects.

(Stretchable wireless sensor could monitor healing of cerebral aneurysms, National Science Foundation)

The resulting angiogram is a high-contrast image of the vessel.

(Digital Subtraction Angiography, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

An angiogram may be used to check for an aneurysm (a bulge in a blood vessel wall), blockages in arteries, blood clots, or other problems, such as a tumor.

(Angiogram, NCI Dictionary)