α. 1900s– scintigraph.
β. 1900s– scintograph.
scintigraphn.
/ˈsɪntᵻɡraf/, U.S. /ˈsɪn(t)əˌɡræf/ Medicine.
A scintigram. Also: an apparatus for producing scintigrams (now rare).
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the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > radiography or radiology > scanning > [noun] > image or record produced by
B-scan1947
scintillograph1950
scintigram1952
scan1953
scintiscan1954
photoscan1956
scintigraph1957
scintillogram1958
the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > radiography or radiology > scanning > [noun] > equipment used in
scanner1951
scintiscanner1953
brain scanner1957
scintigraph1957
body scanner1959
photoscanner1959
imager1962
1957 T. Fields Clin. Use Radioisotopes vii. 167 It is best to use a well-shielded scintillation counter..or, preferably, the scintigraph.
1961 Med. Radiol. VI. x. 76 Scintigraph... A short description is given of a design of the apparatus used to investigate the localisation of radioactive isotopes in the human body.
1975 Sci. Amer. July 42/3 The scintigraphs clearly show how the gas enters the windpipe, passes through the bronchi and finally reaches the alveoli..in the lung.
1990 Jrnl. Developmental Physiol. 14 7/2 All animals were subjected to thyroid scintigraphs in order to assess thyroid sizes.
1996 Brain & Devel. 18 257 The diagnosis is mainly clinical, supported by X-ray examination, bone scans..and a characteristic scintograph pattern.
2007 Western Daily Press (Nexis) 27 Jan. 25 Bone scan (scintigraph)—the horse is given a radioactive substance that accumulates in damaged or abnormal bone. A scan will show the affected area.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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