air encephalography

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• encephalography — Obsolete technique of radiographic representation of the brain. See pneumoencephalography. [encephalo + G. grapho, to write] gamma e. imaging of the encephalon by the administration of small amounts of gamma emitting radiopharmaceuticals; term… …   Medical dictionary

• encephalography — noun Date: 1922 radiography of the brain after the cerebrospinal fluid has been replaced by a gas (as air) …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• encephalography — en·ceph·a·log·ra·phy (ĕn sĕf ə lŏgʹrə fē) n. pl. en·ceph·a·log·ra·phies Radiographic examination of the brain in which some of the cerebrospinal fluid is replaced with air or another gas that acts as a contrasting medium.   en·ceph a·lo·graphʹic… …   Universalium

• encephalography — noun An X ray examination of the brain in which air replaces some of the cerebrospinal fluid to act as a contrast medium …   Wiktionary

• encephalography — /ɛnˌsɛfəˈlɒgrəfi/ (say en.sefuh logruhfee), /ɛnˌkɛfə / (say en.kefuh ) noun the production of encephalograms after the introduction of air or oxygen into the ventricles and subarachnoid space by means of a lumbar or asternal puncture …  

• Neuroimaging —    The radiological imaging of the brain is important because it occasionally permits the linking of psychiatric symptoms to underlying brain lesions. Neuroradiology: plain film studies of the skull and spine (from 1896). This story begins with… …   Historical dictionary of Psychiatry

• AEG — acute erosive gastritis; air encephalography, air encephalogram; atrial electrogram …   Medical dictionary

• AEG — • acute erosive gastritis; • air encephalography, air encephalogram; • atrial electrogram …   Dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations

• pneumoencephalography — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+ noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary pneum + encephalography : roentgenography of the brain after the injection of air into the ventricles …   Useful english dictionary