CHOLANGIOGRAPHY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cholangiography mean? 

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

1. roentgenographic examination of the bile ducts after a contrast medium has been injected

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHOLANGIOGRAPHY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Roentgenographic examination of the bile ducts after a contrast medium has been injected

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

roentgenography; X-ray photography (radiography that uses X-rays to produce a roentgenogram)

 Context examples 

The liver may be slightly enlarged, and oral and intravenous cholangiography fails to visualize the biliary tract.

(Dubin-Johnson Syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Like other organic iodine compounds, this agent blocks x-ray and appears opaque on x-ray film; thereby it enhances the visibility of the bile ducts and gallbladder during cholangiography and cholecystography procedures.

(Iodipamide Meglumine, NCI Thesaurus)

Like other organic iodine compounds, this agent blocks x-rays and appears opaque on x-ray film; thereby it enhances the visibility of the bile ducts and gallbladder during cholangiography and cholecystography procedures.

(Iodipamide, NCI Thesaurus)

Like other organic iodine compounds, ioxaglic acid blocks x-rays and appears opaque on x-ray film, thereby enhancing the visibility of structure and organs during angiography, arteriography, arthrography, cholangiography, urography, and computed tomography (CT) scanning procedures.

(Ioxaglic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

Like other organic iodine compounds, iothalamic acid blocks x-ray and appears opaque on x-ray film, thereby enhancing the visibility of structure and organs during angiography, arteriography, arthrography, cholangiography, and computed tomography (CT) scanning procedures.

(Iothalamic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)