phlebography
(flɪˈbɒgrəfɪ)
[f. phlebo- + -graphy]
1. A description of the veins.
| 1842 Dunglison Med. Lex., Phlebography, description of the veins. |
2. Med. The recording of the pulse in a vein. rare.
| 1915 Dorland Med. Dict. (ed. 8) 731/2 Phlebography, the graphic recording of the venous pulse. 1966 R. B. Rees in H. F. Conn et al. Current Diagnosis xii. 521/2 The Trendelenburg test, Perthes's test, phlebography and other tests of venous competence are sometimes useful in determining whether vein surgery is indicated. |
3. Med. Radiography of a vein, carried out after the introduction into it of a contrast medium.
| 1937 L. J. Friedman Text-bk. Diagnostic Roentgenol. 612/2 (Index), Phlebography (see Angiography). 1946 E. V. Allen et al. Peripheral Vascular Dis. xxv. 619 Theoretically the amount and location of organic obstruction to the veins in the limb can be determined with great accuracy by means of indirect phlebography (intra-arterial injection). The technic of this procedure, however, is rather difficult and..it is not advisable to attempt it during the acute stage of thrombophlebitis. The technic of direct phlebography is much simpler, but with this procedure only a portion of the venous tree can be visualized. 1972 Lancet 27 May 1134/2 A small-calf-vein thrombosis confirmed by phlebography. |
So ˈphlebograph, an instrument (sphygmograph) for recording diagrammatically the pulsations of a vein; phleboˈgraphical a., pertaining to phlebography.
| 1902 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 21 June 1571 Dr. J. Mackenzie will demonstrate his Clinical Polygraph and Phlebograph. 1893 Syd. Soc. Lex., Phlebographical, belonging to Phlebography. |
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Add: phleboˈgraphic a.
| 1942 Surgery XII. 163 Great credit must be given to dos Santos and to Bauer for their introduction and elaboration of the phlebographic technique. 1970 Jrnl. Bone & Joint Surg. B. LII. 287 No correlation was found between the clinical and phlebographic diagnosis of venous thrombosis. 1988 Brit. Jrnl. Radiol. LXI. 372/1 We present the phlebographic findings in nine patients who presented with varices on the lateral aspect of the thigh. |