Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
venogram

venogram

1 9.3
An X-ray picture of a vein after a doctor puts a dye into it
  • noun
  • /ˈviːnəˌɡræm/
  • Specialized
translation icon : venograma
  • The doctor explained that a venogram is necessary to clearly see the condition of the patient's veins.

Examples

  • A woman was classified as a case if she had a positive venogram, ultrasound, or Doppler test for DVT, or a positive ventilation/perfusion scan for PE, and had been treated with heparin, then oral anticoagulants.

    Academic text (1999)

  • After injecting the contrast medium, the venogram revealed blockages in the patient's vein.

  • To diagnose the issue, the technician scheduled a venogram to get detailed images of the veins.

Synonyms

phlebogram
vsvenogram
  • Specialized
9.9

An X-ray picture of a vein made after a dye is injected into it

is the same image but named using an alternate technical term

Surface Forms

venogram singular
venograms plural

Morphology

venogram = vein (semi-transparent) = veno + gram

The components veno- (vein) + -gram (record/image) transparently give 'an image/record of a vein', but -gram is a technical combining suffix not familiar to all learners.

Etymology

Venogram comes from vein and -gram, where -gram means 'a record' or 'image', like in diagram. So a venogram is a picture of a vein made with X-rays after a special dye is put into the vein to make it visible.