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ventriculography

ventriculography

8.8
A medical scan that shows the small spaces inside the heart or brain
  • noun
  • /vɛnˌtrɪk.jʊˈlɒɡ.rə.fi/
  • Specialized
: ventriculografía
  • Using ventriculography, the specialists were able to obtain detailed images of the brain's ventricles.
  • radionuclide ventriculography
  • ventriculography and echocardiography

Examples

  • Furthermore, strain rate determined by TDI is a more sensitive method than conventional echocardiography or radionuclide ventriculography for detecting changes in myocardium contractility.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Ventriculography showed apical ballooning (Fig. 3).

    Academic text (2007)

  • Moreover, echocardiography and radionuclide ventriculography may be influenced by loading conditions and adjacent segment motion 8 9.

    Academic text (2007)

  • The doctor performed ventriculography to assess the patient's heart function during surgery.

  • The results from the ventriculography revealed abnormalities in the heart's left ventricle.

Surface Forms

ventriculography singular
ventriculographies plural

Morphology

ventriculography = ventricle (semi-transparent) = ventriculo + graphy

The structure clearly signals a medical imaging procedure involving ventricles, but the specialized combining form and technical suffix make it less immediately guessable for an average learner.

Etymology

Ventriculography breaks into ventricul- which means 'little belly' or 'small cavity' and is like the word ventricle, and -graphy which means 'recording' and is like photography. So ventriculography is a medical way to 'record' or make images of the heart's or brain's ventricles.