myelographicadj.
/ˌmʌɪələ(ʊ)ˈɡrafɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌmaɪəloʊˈɡræfɪk/ Medicine.
Of, relating to, or obtained by myelography.
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phlebographic1893
urographic1925
cholecystographic1927
salpingographic1927
myelographic1928
ventriculographic1932
pneumoencephalographic1935
angiographic1936
arteriographic1936
mammographic1937
sialographic1938
angiocardiographic1939
venographic1940
veno'graphical1940
neuroradiologic1952
panoral1959
neuroradiological1962
lymphangiographic1967
1928 Science 10 Feb. 152/2 Dr. R. Wartenberg, Freiburg, $200 for continuation of encephalographic and myelographic studies.
1940 H. K. Pancoast et al. Head & Neck in Roentgen Diagnosis xii. 892 If there is a difference in the localization of tumors by neurologic and myelographic findings, the possibility of multiple tumors occurring within the spinal chord should be considered.
1969 N. A. Lewtas in D. Sutton Textbk. Radiol. lxiii. 1142/1 There are four principal myelographic signs of disc prolapse.
1987 D. J. Weatherall et al. Oxf. Textbk. Med. (ed. 2) II. xxi. 275/1 Normal myelographic findings suggest that arachnoiditis and granulomata are unlikely causes [of spinal cord lesions].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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