- pneumoencephalography
- pneu·mo·encephalography
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pneumoencephalography
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Pneumoencephalography — (sometimes abbreviated PEG) is a medical procedure in which cerebrospinal fluid is drained to a small amount from around the brain and replaced with air, oxygen, or helium to allow the structure of the brain to show up more clearly on an X ray… … Wikipedia
pneumoencephalography — /nooh moh en sef euh log reuh fee, nyooh /, n. Med. encephalography. [1930 35; PNEUMO + ENCEPHALOGRAPHY] * * * … Universalium
pneumoencephalography — Radiographic visualization of cerebral ventricles and subarachnoid spaces by use of gas such as air; no longer used because of CT and MRI. [G. pneuma, air, + enkephalos, brain, + grapho, to write] * * * pneu·mo·en·ceph·a·log·ra·phy in .sef ə läg… … Medical dictionary
pneumoencephalography — n. act of making an X ray image of the brain after replacing cerebrospinal fluid with gas (Medicine) … English contemporary dictionary
pneumoencephalography — n. a technique used in the X ray diagnosis of disease within the skull. Air is introduced into the cavities (ventricles) of the brain to displace the cerebrospinal fluid, thus acting as a contrast medium. X ray photographs show the size and… … The new mediacal dictionary
pneumoencephalography — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+ noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary pneum + encephalography : roentgenography of the brain after the injection of air into the ventricles … Useful english dictionary
Пневмоэнцефалография (Pneumoencephalography) — метод рентгенологического исследования внутричерепных заболеваний. В полости (желудочки) мозга вводится воздух, который вытесняет из них спинномозговую жидкость и действует, таким образом, как контрастное вещество. На получаемых рентгенограммах… … Медицинские термины
ПНЕВМОЭНЦЕФАЛОГРАФИЯ — (pneumoencephalography) метод рентгенологического исследования внутричерепных заболеваний. В полости (желудочки) мозга вводится воздух, который вытесняет из них спинномозговую жидкость и действует, таким образом, как контрастное вещество. На… … Толковый словарь по медицине
Walter Dandy — Walter Edward Dandy, M.D. (April 6, 1886 – April 19, 1946) was an American neurosurgeon and scientist. He is considered one of the founding fathers of neurosurgery, along with Victor Horsley (1857 1916) and Harvey Cushing (1869 1939). Dandy is… … Wikipedia
encephalography — Obsolete technique of radiographic representation of the brain. See pneumoencephalography. [encephalo + G. grapho, to write] gamma e. imaging of the encephalon by the administration of small amounts of gamma emitting radiopharmaceuticals; term… … Medical dictionary
