angiography

English

Etymology

angio- +‎ -graphy

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi

Noun

angiography (countable and uncountable, plural angiographies)

1. (medicine) A medical imaging technique in which an X-ray image is taken to visualize the inside of blood vessels and organs of the body, with particular interest in the arteries, veins and the heart chambers.

Synonyms

• arteriography

Derived terms

• angiographic
• angiographist
• cardioangiography
• cineangiography
• coronaroangiography
• fluorangiography
• lymphangiography
• magnetic resonance angiography
• microangiography
• neuroangiography
• panangiography
• stereoangiography
• videoangiography

 

Related terms

• angiogram
• angiograph
• angiographer

Translations

medical imaging technique

• Catalan: angiografia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 血管攝影／血管摄影 (xuèguǎn shèyǐng), 血管攝影／血管摄影 (xuèguǎn shèyǐng)

• Czech: angiografie f
• Finnish: angiografia (fi)
• German: Angiografie (de) f, Angiographie (de) f
• Greek: αγγειογραφία (el) f (angeiografía)
• Irish: angagrafaíocht f
• Italian: angiografia (it) f
• Persian: رگ‌نگاری (rag-negâri), آنژیوگرافی (fa) (ânžiogrâfi)
• Polish: angiografia (pl) f, arteriografia (pl) f
• Portuguese: angiografia f
• Romanian: angiografie (ro) f
• Russian: ангиогра́фия (ru) f (angiográfija)
• Spanish: angiografía (es) f
• Turkish: anjiyografi (tr)