radiography of the bronchial tubes after the introduction of a radiopaque medium into the bronchi
bronchography in American English
(brɑŋˈkɑɡrəfi)
nounWord forms: plural-phies
x-ray examination of the tracheobronchial tree after intrabronchial administration of a radiopaque material
Derived forms
bronchographic (ˌbrɑŋkəˈɡræfɪk)
adjective
Word origin
[broncho- + -graphy]-graphy is a combining form denoting a process or form of drawing, writing, representing,recording, describing, etc., or an art or science concerned with such a process. Otherwords that use the affix -graphy include: biography, choreography, geography, orthography, photography
Examples of 'bronchography' in a sentence
bronchography
In 8 patients bronchography alone was performed.
Aurora Lino, Fernando Barata 1997, 'Tratamento cirúrgico das bronquiectasias. Revisão de 34 casos', Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologiahttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0873215915311181. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We believe the dionosil to be a satisfactory medium for bronchography.
J. Farah, I. Niknejad 1957, 'Bronchography with a New Water - Soluble Medium ( Dionosil ) and the Use of a SimpleTechnic', Acta Medica Iranicahttp://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/11487.pdf&manuscript_id=11487. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
On bronchography, the right lung was absent and the trachea only continued into the left main bronchus.
Blanca Estela Martínez-Martínez, María Elena Yuriko Furuya, Irma Martínez-Muñiz, MarioH Vargas, Rosalinda Flores-Salgado 2013, 'Type II Congenital Pulmonary Airway Malformation in an Esophageal Lung', Canadian Respiratory Journalhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/581359. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)